Eaglescliffe railway station
Eaglescliffe 
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| Location | |
| Place | Eaglescliffe |
| Local authority | |
| Coordinates | 54°31′44″N 1°20′56″W / 54.529°N 1.349°WCoordinates: 54°31′44″N 1°20′56″W / 54.529°N 1.349°W |
| Grid reference | NZ421150 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | EAG |
| Managed by | Northern |
| 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 |
 0.136 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.149 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.176 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.195 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.202 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 25 January 1853 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Eaglescliffe from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Eaglescliffe railway station serves the town of Eaglescliffe in the borough of , England. It is located on the Tees Valley Line at the junction with the Northallerton-Eaglescliffe Line and is operated by Northern. Direct intercity services are provided by Grand Central between London and Sunderland.
Station facilities here have been improved. The package for this station included new digital information screens displaying live departures, 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.
Eaglescliffe Station was the second station to be built along Yarm Road and deviates from the original course of the , that being the world's first steam operated passenger railway service. Originally the line ran on the east side of Yarm Road through Preston Hall (now more commonly known as ). However it is said that Lord Preston was so unhappy at the disruption that trains such as Locomotion No. 1 caused to his cattle he insisted that it be moved to the other side of the road.
The railway station that served the parishes of Preston-on-Tees and Egglescliffe was called Preston, however the railway owners displeased at the cost of moving the railway decided to name the new station after Egglescliffe instead of Preston. It was opened on 25 January 1853, some six months after the Leeds Northern Railway had opened their line from Northallerton (on 2 June 1852). This newer route ran alongside the original S&D line, which had its alignment altered to allow easy interchange between the two. Originally it had four platforms, but the western pair were taken out of use in the late 1960s and subsequently removed.
The new station became known as Eaglescliffe. There are various stories as to how the station got the name Eaglescliffe instead of Egglescliffe as intended. One such avenue of stories is that the signwriter was sent a telegram to paint the sign 'Eaglescliffe' due to an error and another variant was that the signwriter thought there must have been an error and changed the name himself.
In each variation of the story it is said that the sign was not changed for a period of time by which time the station became known as Eaglescliffe and the surrounding area has taken the name.
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