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Durham | |||||
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General information | |||||
Location | Durham, County Durham England | ||||
Coordinates | 54°46′47″N 1°34′53″W / 54.7797488°N 1.5815122°W / 54.7797488; -1.5815122 | ||||
Grid reference | NZ269428 | ||||
Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
Managed by | London North Eastern Railway | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | DHM | ||||
Classification | DfT category C1 | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | North Eastern Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway | ||||
Post-grouping |
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1 April 1857 | Opened | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 2.823 million | ||||
Interchange | 3,983 | ||||
2019/20 | 2.733 million | ||||
Interchange | 86,044 | ||||
2020/21 | 0.473 million | ||||
Interchange | 10,700 | ||||
2021/22 | 2.092 million | ||||
Interchange | 68,606 | ||||
2022/23 | 2.447 million | ||||
Interchange | 3,765 | ||||
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Durham is a railway station on the East Coast Main Line, which runs between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. The station, situated 14 miles 3 chains (14.0 miles; 22.6 kilometres) south of Newcastle, serves the cathedral cityofDurhaminCounty Durham, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by London North Eastern Railway.
It is managed and served frequently by London North Eastern Railway (as a stop on the East Coast Main Line). It is also served by CrossCountry, TransPennine Express and Northern trains.
Durham is a through station with two platforms, located north of the city centre, on a hill. South of the station, the railway line approaches the station via the eleven arched Durham Viaduct; a major local landmark. After a renovation between 2006 and 2008, the original stone station building is now the ticket hall and main concourse.
The city of Durham has been served by four stations, only one of which survives today:
On grouping in 1923, the stations came under the control of the London and North Eastern Railway. Passenger services to Bishop Auckland and Sunderland via Penshaw were withdrawn by British Railways under the Beeching cuts, on 4 May 1964.
The East Coast Main Line through Durham was electrified in 1991.
Today, the station is owned by LNER and managed by London North Eastern Railway (LNER). It was refurbished between 2006 and 2008 by the operator Great North Eastern Railway (GNER) and later National Express East Coast (NXEC), which included a new passenger lounge, toilets, travel centre, glazed waiting area, lifts and shops. The entrance and ticket hall were moved from the "temporary" 1960s building into the original stone building following renovation and repairs. The works were completed in early 2008 and the newly renovated station won "Best Medium Station" and "Overall Station of the Year" at the 2008 National Rail Awards.[3] Ticket barriers were installed in 2009.
After winning the intercity east coast rail franchise, former operator Virgin Trains East Coast (VTEC) opened an information office on platform 2, added new benches and perch seating and installed Wi-Fi connection. In 2017, all ticket barriers were removed as part of Virgin Trains East Coast's (VTEC) franchise commitment.
ABrompton Bicycle hire scheme was planned to open in 2018 - however since the demise of Virgin Trains East Coast (VTEC) the management of the station has since passed on to London North Eastern Railway (LNER).
Durham County Council, working with the North East Local Enterprise Partnership, have completed a project to improve cycle routes and pedestrian access to the station from the north of the city. This involved the construction of a new cycle path as well as upgrades to road crossings on Framwellgate Peth.
In order to accommodate the new London North Eastern Railway Class 800 and 801 Azuma trains that entered service in mid 2019, platform 1 was extended north to a total length of 230 metres (750 ft).[4]
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Train services are provided by four companies: London North Eastern Railway (LNER), CrossCountry, TransPennine Express and Northern Trains.[5]
LNER serves Durham with one train per hour each way, southbound to London King's Cross via Darlington, York, Doncaster, Newark Northgate and Peterborough, and northbound to Edinburgh Waverley via Newcastle. Some northbound services are extended beyond Edinburgh, with one service per day to both Aberdeen (via Dundee) and Glasgow Central, as well as one daily train to Sunderland (via Newcastle) instead of Edinburgh. There is also one southbound train per day to Leeds (via York) instead of London.
CrossCountry operates services on the Cross Country Route. Northbound, the company runs 1 train per hour to Edinburgh Waverley, of which 1 train per day continues through to Aberdeen and 1 train per day is also extended beyond Edinburgh Waverley, to Glasgow Central. Additionally, 4 trains per day operate to Newcastle only. Southbound, there is 1 train per hour to Plymouth via York, Leeds, Sheffield, Derby, Birmingham New Street, Cheltenham Spa, Bristol Temple Meads, Taunton, Exeter St Davids and Totnes, two of these trains per day continue to Penzance. There are also 4 trains per day to Reading, operating on a similar route to the Plymouth services between here and Birmingham New Street, but via Doncaster instead of Leeds and Wakefield Westgate, and will call at Banbury and Oxford between Birmingham New Street and Reading.[6]
TransPennine Express serves the station with one train an hour each way. In the northbound direction, trains run to Newcastle with some via Chester-Le-Street. Southbound, trains run to Liverpool Lime Street via York, Leeds, Dewsbury, Huddersfield, Manchester Victoria, Newton-le-Willows and Lea Green.
Northern Trains' services at Durham are less frequent, with just three morning trains every weekday north to Newcastle (of which two run through to Carlisle via Hexham) and one evening train per day south to Darlington.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Darlington | London North Eastern Railway East Coast Main Line |
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Historical railways | ||||
Croxdale Line open, station closed |
London and North Eastern Railway East Coast Main Line |
Plawsworth Line open, station closed | ||
Croxdale Line open, station closed |
London and North Eastern Railway Leamside Line |
Leamside Line and station closed | ||
Brandon Colliery Line and station closed |
London and North Eastern Railway Durham to Bishop Auckland Line |
Terminus | ||
Ushaw Moor Line and station closed |
London and North Eastern Railway Deerness Valley Railway |
Terminus | ||
Aldin Grange for Bearpark Line and station closed |
London and North Eastern Railway Lanchester Valley Railway |
Terminus |
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