This is a list of railway stations in County Durham, with estimated usage figures gathered from data collected by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). As of July 2020, there are 17 stations located within County Durham, from which around 6.47 million passenger journeys were made during 2018–19.[1] Note that Horden station opened in 2020[2] so received no entries and exits in the period covered by the data.
| Station | Usage ranking |
Operated by | Constituency | Journey(s) 2018–19 |
Journey(s) 2017–18 |
Journey(s) 2016–17 |
Journey(s) 2015–16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durham | 1 | LNER | City of Durham | 2,822,860 | 2,747,692 | 2,623,676 | 2,595,016 |
| Darlington | 2 | LNER | Darlington | 2,394,446 | 2,324,846 | 2,269,974 | 2,244,498 |
| Eaglescliffe | 3 | Northern Trains | Stockton South | 202,222 | 207,186 | 206,848 | 202,156 |
| Chester-le-Street | 4 | Northern Trains | North Durham | 199,260 | 219,592 | 230,972 | 223,326 |
| Bishop Auckland | 5 | Northern Trains | Bishop Auckland | 155,378 | 123,144 | 118,742 | 110,060 |
| Seaham | 6 | Northern Trains | Easington | 137,652 | 140,894 | 145,362 | 137,948 |
| Stockton | 7 | Northern Trains | Stockton North | 83,050 | 79,260 | 80,624 | 76,940 |
| Newton Aycliffe | 8 | Northern Trains | Sedgefield | 78,962 | 62,882 | 61,944 | 60,548 |
| Billingham | 9 | Northern Trains | Stockton North | 78,004 | 81,862 | 94,994 | 86,016 |
| Shildon | 10 | Northern Trains | Bishop Auckland | 67,568 | 48,838 | 51,994 | 45,816 |
| Seaton Carew | 11 | Northern Trains | Hartlepool | 65,478 | 61,858 | 57,160 | 55,974 |
| Allens West | 12 | Northern Trains | Stockton South | 65,136 | 64,792 | 65,414 | 63,190 |
| Dinsdale | 13 | Northern Trains | Sedgefield | 59,608 | 56,850 | 59,110 | 54,618 |
| North Road | 14 | Northern Trains | Darlington | 39,968 | 30,306 | 33,350 | 32,300 |
| Heighington | 15 | Northern Trains | Sedgefield | 22,726 | 15,878 | 18,958 | 18,286 |
| Teesside Airport | 16 | Northern Trains | Sedgefield | 206 | 74 | 30 | 98 |
| Horden | - | Northern Trains | Easington | - | - | - | - |
Gallery
editRailway stations in County Durham
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Durham is currently the most-used station in County Durham. -
The station building at Darlington dates back to July 1887. -
Shildon is located adjacent to the Locomotion railway museum. -
Teesside Airport is currently the least-used station in County Durham.
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References
edit- ^ "Estimates of station usage". Office of Rail and Road. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ Seddon, Sean (29 June 2020). "Horden train station opens today for first time in more than 50 years". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 29 June 2020.