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Cramlington railway station

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Place
  
Cramlington

Station code
  
CRM

DfT category
  
F2

Number of platforms
  
2

Grid reference
  
NZ257771

Managed by
  
Northern

2011/12
  
81,732

Local authority
  
Northumberland

Cramlington railway station

Address
  
Cramlington NE23 1DJ, United Kingdom

Similar
  
MetroCentre railway station, Heworth Interchange, Wylam railway station, Manors railway station, Chester‑le‑Street railway station

Cramlington railway station is on the East Coast Main Line in the United Kingdom, serving the town of Cramlington, Northumberland. It is 278 miles 50 chains (448.4 km) down-line from London King's Cross and is situated between Manors to the south and Morpeth to the north. Its three-letter station code is CRM.

Contents

All services are operated by Northern, which also manages the station. It was opened (along with the line) in 1847.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and has no ticket provision - all tickets must be purchased prior to travel or on the train There are waiting shelters on both platforms (but no other permanent buildings), along with timetable poster boards to offer train running information. Step-free access is available to both platforms, though the footbridge linking them has steps.

Northumberland County Council and the local rail users group SENRUG is campaigning to relocate the station to a new site 200 metres south of its present position, in order to better serve the town's Manor Walk shopping centre, Westmorland Retail Park and main employment areas. The proposed site would also allow for the construction of a dedicated bus-rail interchange, a larger car park and serve several residential estates to the west built in the 1960s and 1970s.

Accidents and incidents

  • On 26 May 1926, during the General Strike, an express passenger train was deliberately derailed south of the station.
  • Services

    There are hourly local services to Morpeth and also to MetroCentre via Newcastle Central. At peak times services continue to Chathill in the north and Hexham further south. There is no Sunday service.

    References

    Cramlington railway station Wikipedia