Station usage in County Durham
This is a list of railway stations in County Durham, with estimated usage figures gathered from data collected by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). As of July 2020, there are 17 stations located within County Durham, from which around 6.47 million passenger journeys were made during 2018–19.[1] Note that Horden station opened in 2020[2] so received no entries and exits in the period covered by the data from 2015-2019. Teesside Airport was Mothballed in May 2022.
| Station | Usage ranking |
Operated by | Constituency | Journey(s)
2024-25 |
Journey(s) 2018–19 |
Journey(s) 2017–18 |
Journey(s) 2016–17 |
Journey(s) 2015–16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darlington | 1 | LNER | Darlington | 2,827,176 | 2,394,446 | 2,324,846 | 2,269,974 | 2,244,498 |
| Durham | 2 | LNER | City of Durham | 2,809,984 | 2,822,860 | 2,747,692 | 2,623,676 | 2,595,016 |
| Chester-le-Street | 3 | Northern Trains | North Durham | 232,324 | 199,260 | 219,592 | 230,972 | 223,326 |
| Eaglescliffe | 4 | Northern Trains | Stockton West | 211,956 | 202,222 | 207,186 | 206,848 | 202,156 |
| Bishop Auckland | 5 | Northern Trains | Bishop Auckland | 169,032 | 155,378 | 123,144 | 118,742 | 110,060 |
| Seaham | 6 | Northern Trains | Easington | 164,994 | 137,652 | 140,894 | 145,362 | 137,948 |
| Horden | 7 | Northern Trains | Easington | 164,582 | - | - | - | - |
| Stockton | 8 | Northern Trains | Stockton North | 120,000 | 83,050 | 79,260 | 80,624 | 76,940 |
| Billingham | 9 | Northern Trains | Stockton North | 118,110 | 78,004 | 81,862 | 94,994 | 86,016 |
| Allens West | 10 | Northern Trains | Stockton West | 99,646 | 65,136 | 64,792 | 65,414 | 63,190 |
| Seaton Carew | 11 | Northern Trains | Hartlepool | 98,362 | 65,478 | 61,858 | 57,160 | 55,974 |
| Dinsdale | 12 | Northern Trains | Stockton West | 88,380 | 59,608 | 56,850 | 59,110 | 54,618 |
| Newton Aycliffe | 13 | Northern Trains | Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor | 78,114 | 78,962 | 62,882 | 61,944 | 60,548 |
| Shildon | 14 | Northern Trains | Bishop Auckland | 60,288 | 67,568 | 48,838 | 51,994 | 45,816 |
| North Road | 15 | Northern Trains | Darlington | 51,248 | 39,968 | 30,306 | 33,350 | 32,300 |
| Heighington | 16 | Northern Trains | Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor | 37,274 | 22,726 | 15,878 | 18,958 | 18,286 |
| Teesside Airport | 17 | Northern Trains | Stockton West | - | 206 | 74 | 30 | 98 |
Gallery
Railway stations in County Durham
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Darlington is the most used station in County Durham
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Durham is the second most used station
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Heighington is the least used station in County Durham with regular passenger services
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Teesside Airport is currently the least-used station in County Durham, but no trains have called there since 2022
References
- ^ "Estimates of station usage". Office of Rail and Road. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ Seddon, Sean (29 June 2020). "Horden train station opens today for first time in more than 50 years". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 29 June 2020.