Thirsk railway station

Thirsk
Location
Place	Thirsk
Local authority	Hambleton
Coordinates	54°13′42″N 1°22′21″W / 54.228240°N 1.372620°W / 54.228240; -1.372620Coordinates: 54°13′42″N 1°22′21″W / 54.228240°N 1.372620°W / 54.228240; -1.372620
Grid reference	SE409816
Operations
Station code	THI
Managed by	First TransPennine Express
Platforms in use	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.142 million
2005/06 *	0.147 million
2006/07 *	0.148 million
2007/08 *	0.161 million
History
Opened March 1841 (March 1841)
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Thirsk from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Thirsk railway station serves the town of Thirsk in North Yorkshire, England. The station is 22.25 miles (36 km) north of York on the East Coast Main Line. The station is about 1.5 miles (2 km) outside the town centre and is actually on the edge of the village of Carlton Miniott.

There are four tracks all with platforms, however the centre pair of platforms facing the fast lines are fenced off and out of use. This can be seen on satellite imagery. The railway station is operated by First TransPennine Express. Other train services are provided by the open-access operator Grand Central Railway.

Services

There is generally an hourly service northbound to Middlesbrough and southbound to York and beyond (usually Manchester Airport). Some northbound Newcastle TransPennine services also stop at Thirsk as well as Grand Central Railway services between London Kings Cross and Sunderland.

Sundays there is generally an two-hourly service towards Middlesbrough and York.

Events

• 1841 Station opened at the same time as the York - Darlington line.
• 1847 permanent water tower built.
• 1855 Connection to Leeds & Thirsk Railway line to Ripon via Melmerby opened.
• Accidents occurred in 1867 , 1870 , 1875 , 1879 and 1882.
• 1954 The first four carriages of the "Heart of Midlothian" express from King's Cross to Edinburgh composed of thirteen coaches derailed. The four carriages derailed after problems with signalling and points, no one was injured.
• 1959 Ripon services cease in September with closure of Melmerby branch line to all traffic.
• 1967 A goods wagon derailed which led to a collision with an express, 7 people were killed, 45 injured.

See also

• Thirsk rail crash (1892)
• Thirsk rail crash (1967)

External links

• Train times and station information for Thirsk railway station from National Rail

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