Longbeck railway station

Longbeck railway station serves the village of Marske-by-the-Sea and also New Marske in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Tees Valley Line and operated by Northern Trains who provide all passenger train services. The station was opened in May 1985 by British Rail. The small signal box here supervises the junction and station area at nearby Saltburn and the freight line to Boulby as well as the adjacent level crossing.[1]

Longbeck
Northern Rail Class 142 'Pacer' 142023 at Longbeck heading west
Location	Marske-by-the-Sea, Redcar and Cleveland England
Coordinates	54.589370°N 1.031180°W
Grid reference	NZ627220
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	LGK
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	13 May 1985
Passengers
2015/16	43,170
2016/17	45,018
2017/18	47,240
2018/19	47,282
2019/20	49,594
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and has no ticketing provision, so tickets must be bought prior to travel or on the train. A round of improvements made here in 2012 included new fully lit waiting shelters, renewed station signage and the installation of CCTV. Digital information screens have been installed, whilst the long-line Public Address system (PA) has been renewed and upgraded with pre-recorded train announcements; running information can also be obtained by telephone and timetable posters. Step-free access is available to both platforms.[2]

Services

Route 3: Tees Valley Line
Bishop Auckland Shildon Newton Aycliffe Heighington North Road Darlington Dinsdale Teesside Airport Allens West Thornaby Middlesbrough South Bank Redcar Central Redcar East Longbeck Marske Saltburn

There is a half-hourly service (Mondays to Saturdays) each way from the station. Westbound services continue to Middlesbrough and Darlington (with one train per hour continuing to Bishop Auckland). Eastbound services continue to Saltburn. Outside of this usual pattern there are also two early morning through services to Carlisle via Durham and Newcastle along with one morning arrival from Hexham which comes via Newcastle and Sunderland. On Sundays the service starts later and there is an hourly service to Saltburn, Middlesbrough, Darlington and Bishop Auckland (but note that the service to Bishop Auckland finishes early in the evening).[3]

Freight trains operating to and from Boulby also pass through the station.

Notes

1. Hunt, J - Article in RAIL Magazine, Issue 610 (January 2009), pp.50-51
2. Long Beck station facilitiesNational Rail Enquiries
3. Table 44 National Rail timetable, May 2019

External links

• Train times and station information for Longbeck railway station from National Rail