North Road railway station

This article is about the station in Darlington, United Kingdom. For the earlier name of a station in Melbourne, Australia, see Ormond railway station. For other uses, see North Road railway station (disambiguation).

North Road
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Location
Place	Darlington
Local authority	Darlington
Coordinates
Grid reference	NZ289157
Operations
Station code	NRD
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	19,327
2005/06	20,951
2006/07	20,511
2007/08	23,132
2008/09	26,416
2009/10	23,252
2010/11	25,216
2011/12	33,014
2012/13	32,896
2013/14	35,714
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at North Road from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

North Road railway station, also known as North Road (Darlington) on some station announcements and departure boards, serves the northern areas of Darlington and parts of southern County Durham, England. The station is on the Bishop Auckland branch of the Tees Valley Line and is operated by Northern Rail which provides all passenger train services on this line. The station is closely linked with the history of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, being the original Darlington station. The station building, now the Darlington Railway Centre and Museum, is listed Grade II*. Trains do not however stop under the train shed roof, instead using the eastern end of the platform in the open air. The station is on the Bishop Line.

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 has been renewed and upgraded with pre-recorded train announcements.

Services

There is a basic two-hourly service in each direction from the station (including Sundays), increasing to hourly during weekday peak periods. These trains are run by Northern Rail.

External links

• Bishop Line

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Darlington		Northern Rail Tees Valley Line		Heighington
	Disused railways
Terminus		Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway		Piercebridge