Marske railway station

Marske railway station serves the village of Marske-by-the-Sea in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. The station is located on the Tees Valley Line and operated by Northern Trains which provides all passenger train services.

Marske
Location
PlaceMarske-by-the-Sea
Local authorityRedcar and Cleveland
Coordinates54.587425°N 1.019000°W / 54.587425; -1.019000
Grid referenceNZ634218
Operations
Station codeMSK
Managed byNorthern Trains
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 79,248
2015/16 76,030
2016/17 74,254
2017/18 73,028
2018/19 64,460
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Marske from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

The railway station is the oldest in the large village of Marske with the other (Longbeck) being built in the 1980s. The station was also mentioned in George Bradshaws 1863 railway guide.

Station facilities here have been improved. The package for this station included new fully lit waiting shelters, renewed station signage and the installation of CCTV. The long-line Public Address system (PA) has been renewed and upgraded with pre-recorded train announcements.

Services

Northern Trains Route 3:
Bishop & Tees Valley Lines
Bishop Auckland
Shildon
Newton Aycliffe
Heighington
North Road
Darlington
Dinsdale
Teesside Airport
Allens West
Northallerton to Eaglescliffe Line
Eaglescliffe
Thornaby
Middlesbrough
Esk Valley Line to Whitby
South Bank
British Steel Redcar
Redcar Central
Redcar East
Longbeck
Marske
Saltburn
There are currently no trains calling at
British Steel Redcar until further notice.

There is a half-hourly service (Mondays to Saturdays) each way from the station. Westbound services continue to Middlesbrough and Darlington (with one train per hour continuing to Bishop Auckland). Eastbound services continue to Saltburn. Outside of this usual pattern there are also two early morning through services to Carlisle via Durham and Newcastle along with one morning arrival from Hexham which comes via Newcastle and Sunderland. On Sundays the service starts later and there is an hourly service to Saltburn, Middlesbrough, Darlington and Bishop Auckland (but note that the service to Bishop Auckland finishes early in the evening).[1]

References

  1. "Electronic National Rail Timetable, Table 44". Network Rail. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
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Northern Trains
Tees Valley Line


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