Seamer railway station
Seamer 
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The station, viewed from the platforms
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| Location | |
| Place | Seamer |
| Local authority | Scarborough |
| Coordinates | 54°14′26″N 0°25′02″W / 54.2405°N 0.4171°WCoordinates: 54°14′26″N 0°25′02″W / 54.2405°N 0.4171°W |
| Grid reference | TA032839 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SEM |
| Managed by | TransPennine Express |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 91,500 |
| 2012/13 |
0.101 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.105 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.111 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.128 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1845 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Seamer from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Times shown are best times
from Manchester Piccadilly
or Manchester Victoria.
Seamer railway station serves the village of Seamer in North Yorkshire, England. It lies near the end of the Scarborough branch on the TransPennine Express North TransPennine route, 39 miles (63 km) east of York at its junction with the northern end of the Yorkshire Coast Line. Seamer station is managed by TransPennine Express, with services being run by both Northern and TransPennine Express.
The station is actually sited between the communities of Eastfield and Crossgates, about one mile from Seamer. It took the name of Seamer since there was already a Cross Gates railway station in West Yorkshire.
Seamer station was opened on 7 July 1845 by the York and North Midland Railway and became a junction station when a branch line to Filey was opened the following year (5 October 1846). Its island platform configuration was chosen to make it easier for passengers to change between the two routes here rather than continuing into Scarborough to do so. A second branch line from the station (the Forge Valley Line to Pickering) was opened by the NER on 1 May 1882, but this closed to passengers on 5 June 1950 and was lifted soon after.
The station currently only has basic facilities, such as a large shelter on the island platforms, as well as passenger information screens towards the middle of the platforms. The station is unstaffed, but a ticket machine is provided. Step-free access to the platform is via a foot level crossing at the north end - this is supervised from the nearby signal box.
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