Scarborough railway station

Scarborough
Location
Place	Scarborough
Local authority	Scarborough
Coordinates	54°16′47″N 0°24′20″W / 54.279800°N 0.405500°W / 54.279800; -0.405500Coordinates: 54°16′47″N 0°24′20″W / 54.279800°N 0.405500°W / 54.279800; -0.405500
Grid reference	TA039883
Operations
Station code	SCA
Managed by	First TransPennine Express
Platforms in use	5
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.748 million
2005/06 *	0.752 million
2006/07 *	0.766 million
2007/08 *	0.773 million
History
Opened 1845 (1845)
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Scarborough from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Scarborough railway station serves the seaside town of Scarborough in North Yorkshire, England. It lies 42 miles (68 km) east of York and is one of the eastern termini on the North TransPennine route operated by First TransPennine Express. It is also at the northern end of the Yorkshire Coast Line. It also has the longest station seat in the world at 152 yards (139 m) in length.

Until 1965 the station also served a line from Whitby and until 1950 from Pickering. The station was previously named Scarborough Central to distinguish it from Scarborough Londesborough Road on the York to Scarborough Line.

Scarborough also sees summer specials from York, hauled by 4472 Flying Scotsman. However, as Flying Scotsman is not due to be released from its overhaul until 2010, the seaside specials have been known to be hauled by any other available steam locomotives at York, seen here when 60009 Union of South Africa or 34067 Tangmere stands in for the legendary loco.

The current York to Blackpool service used to continue to Scarborough alongside other TransPenninexpress services. This was operated by Arriva Trains Northern until Northern Rail took over the franchise in 2004. This service was usually worked by a Metro liveried Class 158 DMUs, occasionally a Class 155 DMUs. There was also a local service from York to Scarborough usually worked by a Pacer or a Class 156 trains.

Accident

On 10 August 1943, Scarborough station was the scene of an accident between two trains at platform 5. The late-running 09:05 express from Hull was wrongly routed by the signalman, and hit the 11:18 stopping train, which was waiting to depart. Four passengers in the first coach of the stopping train - all soldiers - were killed, 8 received serious injuries, and a further 22 suffered minor injuries. Nobody was injured on the express train.^[1]

Services

From Scarborough Monday to Saturdays there is generally an hourly First TransPennine Express service to York, Leeds, Manchester Piccadilly and Liverpool Lime Street and a two-hourly (with peak extras) Northern Rail service to Bridlington and Hull on the Yorkshire Coast Line.

Sundays there is a two-hourly service to York and beyond and since December 2009 an all year two-hourly service to Hull (originally trains on Sundays only ran Hull to Bridlington and vice versa during the winter months).

Grand Central, an open access operator, are currently in the process of drawing up paths for a direct daily Scarborough to London Kings Cross service.^{[citation needed]}

Two Class 185 Desiro DMUs (from Liverpool Lime Street) and a Class 222 Meridian DEMU (from London St Pancras International stand at Platforms 3-5.

East Midlands Trains provide a single direct Summer service every Saturday to and from London St Pancras along the Midland Main Line via Sheffield and Leicester.

References

External links

• Images of England — details from listed building database (447308)
• The Flying Scotsman arriving in Scarborough - Webshots.com