Allens West railway station
Allens West  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Eaglescliffe |
| Local authority | Stockton-on-Tees |
| Grid reference | NZ413145 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ALW |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2010/11 |
 59,174 |
| 2011/12 |
 63,630 |
| 2012/13 |
62,030 |
| 2013/14 |
59,066 |
| 2014/15 |
59,316 |
| History | |
| 1940 | Station opens as Allens West Halt |
| 4 October 1970 | Station renamed Allens West |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Allens West from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Allens West railway station is in the town of Eaglescliffe within the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, England. It is located on the Tees Valley Line 7 miles (11 km) west of Middlesbrough and 8 miles (13 km) east of Darlington. The station is operated by Northern who provide all passenger train services.
Station facilities here were improved in April 2013. 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.[1]
History
Opened by the London and North Eastern Railway during the Second World War as an unadvertised station to serve a nearby Royal Navy stores depot, the station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.Following the construction of new housing in the area the station became an advertised public station on 3 October 1971 [2]
When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Railways.
Service
Monday to Saturdays, there are two trains per hour westbound to Darlington and beyond (Bishop Auckland) and eastbound to Middlesbrough and beyond (Saltburn).
On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction.
References
- ↑ "Tees Valley Unlimited Progress Report" (PDF). TVU. TVU. December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ↑ Private and Untimetabled Railway Stations by G.Croughton and others
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
External links
- Train times and station information for Allens West railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Northern Tees Valley Line | ||||
Coordinates: 54°31′26″N 1°21′47″W / 54.524°N 1.363°W