Cramlington railway station

Cramlington
Location
Place	Cramlington
Local authority	County of Northumberland
Grid reference	NZ257771
Operations
Station code	CRM
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	85,454
2011/12	81,732
2012/13	89,858
2013/14	85,381
2014/15	89,070
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cramlington from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Cramlington railway station is a small railway station serving the town of Cramlington in Northumberland, England. The station is located on the East Coast Main Line and has hourly local services to Morpeth & Newcastle and at peak times, services to Chathill in the north and Hexham further south. There is also a late night service to Middlesbrough via Darlington. There is no Sunday service.^[1]

All services are operated by Northern, who also manage the station.

Accidents and incidents

• On 26 May 1926, during the General Strike, an express passenger train was deliberately derailed south of the station.^[2][3]

References

1. GB eNRT 2015-15 Edition, Table 48
2. Hoole, Ken (1983). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 4. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 44. ISBN 0 906899 07 9.
3. Earnshaw, Alan (1990). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 6. Penryn: Atlantic Books. p. 15. ISBN 0-906899-37-0.

External links

• Train times and station information for Cramlington railway station from National Rail
• Buses from the station
• Buses to the station

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Newcastle		Northern Rail East Coast Main Line		Morpeth
Manors		Northern Rail East Coast Main Line		Morpeth

Coordinates: 55°05′17″N 1°35′56″W / 55.088°N 1.599°W