Where is Thornaby railway station?

Thornaby railway station is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode TS17 6AW), in the parish of Thornaby.

How do I get to Thornaby railway station?

The nearest railway station is Thornaby, about 0.0 km away. Drivers can use postcode TS17 6AW.

Who owns Thornaby railway station?

Thornaby railway station is owned by TransPennine Express.

Is Thornaby railway station free to visit?

Yes, Thornaby railway station is free to enter.

How do I get to Thornaby railway station?

The nearest railway station is Thornaby, about 0.0 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode TS17 6AW.

Heritage railway stations · North East England

Thornaby railway station

In or near Newtown.

Free admission

Thornaby railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.

Thornaby Railway Station, Platform 1 - geograph.org.uk - 5887791 — JThomas — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 1 h–2 h
Nearest railway station: Thornaby · 0.0 km

Free entry

Getting there & planning your visit

Thornaby railway station is located in Stockton-on-Tees, North East England, with the postcode TS17 6AW. The nearest station is Thornaby, which is 0 km away. Entry to the station is free.

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Thornaby railway station is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

Thornaby, originally South Stockton, is a railway station on the Tees Valley Line, which runs between Bishop Auckland and Saltburn via Darlington. The station, situated 3 miles 17 chains (5.2 km) south-west of Middlesbrough, serves the market town of Thornaby-on-Tees, Borough of Stockton-on-Tees in North Yorkshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by TransPennine Express. It is the nearest operating station to the original Stockton Railway Station of the Stockton & Darlington Railway.

Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.

Background

History

The station lies on the original Stockton & Darlington Railway (S&DR) extension to Port Darlington, developed from 1828 under the instructions of influential Quaker banker, coal mine owner and S&DR shareholder Joseph Pease, who had sailed up the River Tees to find a suitable new site down river of Stockton on which to place new coal staithes. As a result, in 1829 he and a group of Quaker businessmen bought 527 acre of land described as "a dismal swamp", On 27 December 1830, the S&DR opened an extension across the river to a station at Newport, almost directly north of the current Middlesbrough station. However, with Port Darlington overwhelmed by the volume of imports and exports, in 1839…

Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Coordinates: 54.5593, -1.3010
District: Stockton-on-Tees
Parish: Thornaby
Postcode: TS17 6AW
Parliamentary constituency: Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
Nearest railway station: Thornaby — 0 km

Sources

wikidata: Q2795880 (CC0)
wikipedia: Thornaby railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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