Shildon railway station

Shildon
Location
Place	Shildon
Local authority	County Durham
Grid reference	NZ235257
Operations
Station code	SHD
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	34,984
2005/06	39,868
2006/07	46,114
2007/08	49,515
2008/09	45,836
2009/10	43,268
2010/11	48,442
2011/12	58,478
2012/13	56,128
2013/14	62,270
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Shildon from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Shildon railway station is on the Stockton and Darlington Railway in North East England and serves the town of Shildon in County Durham, England built by Timothy Hackworth. The station is on the Tees Valley Line and is operated by Northern, which provides all passenger train services. 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 (PA) has been renewed and upgraded with pre-recorded train announcements.

The station is located next to the Shildon Locomotion Museum.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Newton Aycliffe		Northern Rail Tees Valley Line		Bishop Auckland
	Historical railways
Aycliffe Lane Line open, station closed		Stockton and Darlington Railway		South Church Line open, station closed
	Disused railways
Aycliffe Lane Line open, station closed		North Eastern Railway Stockton and Darlington Railway		West Auckland Line and station closed

External links

• Train times and station information for Shildon railway station from National Rail
• Bishop Line

Coordinates: 54°37′34″N 1°38′12″W / 54.6262°N 1.6368°W