Place Marske-by-the-Sea Station code LGK DfT category F2 Opened 13 May 1985 | Grid reference NZ627220 Managed by Northern 2011/12 40,638 Number of platforms 2 | |
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Address Marske-by-the-Sea, Redcar TS11 6HD, United Kingdom Similar Redcar Central railway st, Saltburn railway station, British Steel Redcar ra, Redcar East railway st, Marske railway station | ||
Longbeck railway station serves the village of Marske-by-the-Sea and also New Marske in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Tees Valley Line and operated by Northern who provide all passenger train services. The station was opened in May 1985 by British Rail. The small signal box here supervises the junction and station area at nearby Saltburn and the freight line to Boulby as well as the adjacent level crossing.
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Facilities
The station is unstaffed and has no ticketing provision, so tickets must be bought prior to travel or on the train. A round of improvements made here in 2012 included new fully lit waiting shelters, renewed station signage and the installation of CCTV. Digital information screens have been installed, whilst the long-line Public Address system (PA) has been renewed and upgraded with pre-recorded train announcements; running information can also be obtained by telephone and timetable posters. Step-free access is available to both platforms.
Services
There are two trains per hour in each direction from the station during the day, to Saltburn eastbound and Middlesbrough and Darlington westbound with some of the latter continuing to Bishop Auckland (every two hours off-peak, hourly at peak times). This drops to hourly in the evenings and on Sundays. Most services are formed using Class 142 Pacer DMUs.
Freight trains operating to and from Boulby also pass through the station.