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Cramlington railway station

Cramlington National Rail
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Location
Place Cramlington
Local authority County of Northumberland
Coordinates 55°05′17″N 1°35′56″W / 55.088°N 1.599°W / 55.088; -1.599Coordinates: 55°05′17″N 1°35′56″W / 55.088°N 1.599°W / 55.088; -1.599
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*
2011/12 Decrease 81,732
2012/13 Increase 89,858
2013/14 Decrease 85,381
2014/15 Increase 89,070
2015/16 Increase 92,316
History
Key dates Opened 1847 (1847)
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* 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 on the East Coast Main Line in the United Kingdom, serving the town of Cramlington, Northumberland. It is 278 miles 50 chains (448.4 km) down line from London King's Cross, 9 miles 16 chains (14.8 km) north of Manors and 6 miles 54 chains (10.7 km) south of Morpeth. Its three-letter station code is CRM.

All services are operated by Northern, which also manages the station. It was opened (along with the line) in 1847.

The station is unstaffed and has no ticket provision - all tickets must be purchased prior to travel or on the train There are waiting shelters on both platforms (but no other permanent buildings), along with timetable poster boards to offer train running information. Step-free access is available to both platforms, though the footbridge linking them has steps.

Northumberland County Council and the local rail users group SENRUG is campaigning to relocate the station to a new site 200 metres south of its present position, in order to better serve the town's Manor Walk shopping centre, Westmorland Retail Park and main employment areas. The proposed site would also allow for the construction of a dedicated bus-rail interchange, a larger car park and serve several residential estates to the west built in the 1960s and 1970s.

There are hourly local services to Morpeth and also to MetroCentre via Newcastle Central. At peak times services continue to Chathill in the north and Hexham further south. There is no Sunday service.



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