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.

Railway station usage in County Durham Station  | Usage
ranking  | Operated by  | Constituency  | Journey(s)
2018–19  | Journey(s)
2017–18  | Journey(s)
2016–17  | Journey(s)
2015–16

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Durham | 1 | LNER | City of Durham | 2,822,860 | 2,747,692  | 2,623,676  | 2,595,016
Darlington | 2 | LNER | Darlington | 2,394,446 | 2,324,846  | 2,269,974  | 2,244,498
Eaglescliffe | 3 | Northern Trains | Stockton South | 202,222 | 207,186  | 206,848  | 202,156
Chester-le-Street | 4 | Northern Trains | North Durham | 199,260 | 219,592  | 230,972  | 223,326
Bishop Auckland | 5 | Northern Trains | Bishop Auckland | 155,378 | 123,144  | 118,742  | 110,060
Seaham | 6 | Northern Trains | Easington | 137,652 | 140,894  | 145,362  | 137,948
Stockton | 7 | Northern Trains | Stockton North | 83,050 | 79,260  | 80,624  | 76,940
Newton Aycliffe | 8 | Northern Trains | Sedgefield | 78,962 | 62,882  | 61,944  | 60,548
Billingham | 9 | Northern Trains | Stockton North | 78,004 | 81,862  | 94,994  | 86,016
Shildon | 10 | Northern Trains | Bishop Auckland | 67,568 | 48,838  | 51,994  | 45,816
Seaton Carew | 11 | Northern Trains | Hartlepool | 65,478 | 61,858  | 57,160  | 55,974
Allens West | 12 | Northern Trains | Stockton South | 65,136 | 64,792  | 65,414  | 63,190
Dinsdale | 13 | Northern Trains | Sedgefield | 59,608 | 56,850  | 59,110  | 54,618
North Road | 14 | Northern Trains | Darlington | 39,968 | 30,306  | 33,350  | 32,300
Heighington | 15 | Northern Trains | Sedgefield | 22,726 | 15,878  | 18,958  | 18,286
Teesside Airport | 16 | Northern Trains | Sedgefield | 206 | 74  | 30  | 98
Horden | - | Northern Trains | Easington | - | \-  | \-  | \-

## Gallery

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Railway stations in County Durham

* Durham is currently the most-used station in County Durham.

* The station building at Darlington dates back to July 1887.

* Shildon is located adjacent to the Locomotion railway museum.

* Teesside Airport is currently the least-used station in County Durham.

## References

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1. ^ "Estimates of station usage". Office of Rail and Road. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
2. ^ Seddon, Sean (29 June 2020). "Horden train station opens today for first time in more than 50 years". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

## See also

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* List of railway stations in County Durham
* List of busiest railway stations in Great Britain

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Railway stations in County Durham

| Durham Coast Line|

* Newcastle → Seaham
* Horden
* Hartlepool
* Seaton Carew
* Billingham
* Stockton → Middlesbrough

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East Coast Main Line|

* London King's Cross → Darlington
* Durham
* Chester-le-Street → Edinburgh Waverley

Northallerton to Eaglescliffe Line|

* Northallerton → Eaglescliffe

Tees Valley Line|

* Bishop Auckland
* Shildon
* Newton Aycliffe
* Heighington
* North Road
* Darlington
* Dinsdale
* Teesside Airport
* Allens West
* Eaglescliffe → Saltburn

Heritage railways

Tanfield Railway|

* Sunniside → Andrews House
* Causey Arch
* East Tanfield

Weardale Railway|

* Bishop Auckland West
* Witton-le-Wear
* Wolsingham
* Frosterley
* Stanhope

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