Middlesbrough railway station
Middlesbrough 
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Middlesbrough railway station in 2011
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| Location | |
| Place | Middlesbrough |
| Local authority | Middlesbrough |
| Coordinates | 54°34′45″N 1°14′05″W / 54.579100°N 1.234720°WCoordinates: 54°34′45″N 1°14′05″W / 54.579100°N 1.234720°W |
| Grid reference | NZ495207 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | MBR |
| Managed by | TransPennine Express |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | C1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 1.423 million |
| 2012/13 |
1.364 million |
| 2013/14 |
 1.370 million |
| 2014/15 |
1.351 million |
| 2015/16 |
1.331 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Middlesbrough and Redcar Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| 26 July 1847 | First station opened |
| 16 December 1874 | First station closed |
| December 1877 | First station replaced by current station |
| 3 August 1942 | Station extensively damaged in air raid |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Middlesbrough from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Middlesbrough railway station serves the large town of Middlesbrough in North Yorkshire, England and is managed by TransPennine Express.
The main station layout consists of an entrance hall with ticket office, large concourse/waiting area and two covered platforms that are each subdivided into two sections i.e. platform 1 (1a and 1b) and platform 2 (2a and 2b). The station is staffed and has a range of facilities including car parking, cafe, newsagent, cycle storage, lifts etc.
Two freight lines bypass to the north of the station.
According to the Office of Rail and Road statistics, Middlesbrough railway station is the fourth busiest in the North East region, with 1,331,452 total entries and exits (2015-16 period).
The first railway was built in the area as long ago as 1830 as an extension of the to connect with the port of the then new town of Middlesbrough. A branch off this, passing just south of the new town and extending eastwards to Redcar was opened in June 1846 by the Middlesbrough and Redcar Railway Company.
Situated on the southern edge of the new town on the Redcar branch line, Middlesbrough's first passenger station was designed by John Middleton and opened on 26 July 1847. As the town expanded rapidly during the second half of the 19th Century however, the station was unable to cope with the traffic growth. Due to the design of the station not lending itself to enlargement it was therefore demolished in 1874 and replaced by the current station, opened in December 1877.
The current station was designed by the North Eastern Railway's chief architect, William Peachey, with an ornate Gothic style frontage. Behind this an overall roof of elliptical design once existed. Constructed out of wrought iron of lattice design, with glass covering the middle half and timber (inside)/slate (outside) covering the outer quarters. The two end screens were glazed with timber cladding around the outer edges. The roof was high in relation to its width.
The elliptical roof was severely damaged in a German daylight air raid in the afternoon of 3 August 1942 and eventually removed in 1954, to be replaced by the current design over the concourse and platforms.
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