South Bank
National Rail
General information
LocationSouth Bank, Redcar and Cleveland
England
Coordinates54°35′02″N 1°10′35″W / 54.5840107°N 1.1762715°W / 54.5840107; -1.1762715
Grid referenceNZ532212
Owned byNetwork Rail
Managed byNorthern Trains
Platforms2
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeSBK
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Original companyNorth Eastern Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-grouping
Key dates
1 May 1882Opened
23 July 1984Resited
Passengers
2018/19Increase 23,282
2019/20Increase 27,624
2020/21Decrease 11,296
2021/22Increase 30,198
2022/23Increase 33,636
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

South Bank is a railway station on the Tees Valley Line, which runs between Bishop Auckland and Saltburn via Darlington. The station, situated 2 miles 40 chains (4.0 km) east of Middlesbrough, serves the town of South Bank, Redcar and Cleveland in North Yorkshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

History

The first station, initially named Eston, was built in 1853 by the Middlesbrough and Redcar Railway. On 1 May 1882, this was replaced by an island platform by the North Eastern Railway, to serve the growing town of South Bank. Ironically, this was located on the same site as the present station.

The 1882 station was closed on the same day that its replacement opened. It survived intact, but derelict for many years thereafter. It has since been demolished to allow the down (eastbound) line through the site to be realigned.[1]

In July 1984, British Rail opened the current station to the west, as the previous station was inconveniently sited in a heavily industrialised area, and in the way of a planned new dockside access road.[2]

The closure of the earlier station was closely followed by nearby Cargo Fleet on 22 January 1990,[3] and Grangetown on 25 November 1991.[4][5]

Facilities

Station facilities here have recently been improved as part of the Tees Valley Metro project. 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.

The station usage estimates of 2014 and 2015 also make note of the fact that the service improvement has increased the patronage substantially enough to be in the top ten most percentage increase of passenger numbers across the whole of the United Kingdom.[6][7]

Services

Northern Trains
Route 3
Tees Valley Line
Bishop Auckland Parking Heritage railway
Shildon Bicycle facilities Heritage railway
Newton Aycliffe Parking Bicycle facilities
Heighington Parking
North Road Bicycle facilities
Darlington Parking Bicycle facilities Handicapped/disabled access
Dinsdale
Teesside Airport Airport interchange
Allens West Bicycle facilities
Eaglescliffe Parking Bicycle facilities
Thornaby Parking Bicycle facilities
Middlesbrough Parking Bicycle facilities Handicapped/disabled access
South Bank Bicycle facilities
Redcar Central Parking Bicycle facilities Handicapped/disabled access
Redcar East Bicycle facilities
Longbeck Bicycle facilities
Marske Bicycle facilities
Saltburn Bicycle facilities

As of the May 2021 timetable change, the station is served by an hourly service between Saltburn and Bishop Auckland via Darlington. All services are operated by Northern Trains.[8]

Rolling stock used: Class 156 Super Sprinter and Class 158 Express Sprinter

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Redcar Central   Northern Trains
Tees Valley Line
  Middlesbrough
  Historical railways  
Grangetown   London and North Eastern Railway
Tees Valley Line
  Cargo Fleet

References

  1. Disused Stations – South Bank www.disused-stations.org.uk; Retrieved 26 July 2013
  2. Brown, Murray (1985). Jane's railway year (4 ed.). London: Jane's Publishing. p. 83. ISBN 0-7106-0338-X.
  3. Disused Stations – Cargo Fleet; Retrieved 2 December 2013
  4. Hunt, J – article in RAIL Magazine Issue 610, (January 2009) pp 47–49
  5. "List of dates from 1 January 1985 to 20 January 2006 of last passenger trains at closed BR (or Network Rail stations since privatisation)" (PDF). Department for Transport Website: Freedom of Information Act responses, February 2006. Department for Transport. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  6. Robson, Dave (16 December 2015). "Guess which Teesside Railway station is in the UK top ten for highest passenger percentage increase". Gazette Live. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  7. "Estimates of station usage" (PDF). ORR. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  8. "Train times: Bishop Auckland and Darlington to Middlesbrough and Saltburn" (PDF). Northern Trains. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
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