Chester-le-Street railway station
Chester-le-Street 
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| Location | |
| Place | Chester-le-Street |
| Local authority | County of Durham |
| Coordinates | 54°51′18″N 1°34′41″W / 54.855°N 1.578°WCoordinates: 54°51′18″N 1°34′41″W / 54.855°N 1.578°W |
| Grid reference | NZ271512 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CLS |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Owned by | Chester-le-Track |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.189 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.175 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.199 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.201 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.223 million |
| History | |
| Original company | North Eastern Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| 1 December 1868 | Station opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Chester-le-Street from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Chester-le-Street railway station is on the East Coast Main Line in the United Kingdom, serving the town of Chester-le-Street, County Durham. It is 260 miles 32 chains (419.1 km) down-line from London King's Cross and on the main line it is situated between Durham to the south and Newcastle to the north. Its three-letter station code is CLS.
The Team Valley line of the North Eastern Railway, which connected Newton Hall Junction near Durham with Gateshead, was authorised in 1848 but not opened until 2 March 1868 (the powers having been renewed in 1862). At first only freight trains used the route, but passenger services began on 1 December 1868, and the station at Chester-le-Street opened the same day.
Mondays to Saturdays there is a mostly two-hourly TransPennine Express service from Chester-le-Street, northbound to Newcastle and southbound to Durham, Darlington, York, Leeds, Manchester Victoria and Liverpool Lime Street. Most services run to and from Liverpool since the May 2014 timetable change, though certain early morning trains come from Manchester Airport. On Sundays there is also a two-hourly service in each direction.
The station also has a very limited service provided by other operators - CrossCountry have a single service to Southampton Central calling in the evening peak, whilst Northern have three a.m northbound services to Newcastle calling on weekdays & two on Saturdays (from Middlesbrough and Saltburn) and one late night weekday southbound service to Darlington. The latter also runs on a Sunday, running through to Middlesbrough.
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