Nunthorpe  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Nunthorpe,Borough of Middlesbrough, England | ||||
| Coordinates | 54°31′41″N1°10′11″W / 54.5280386°N 1.1697897°W /54.5280386; -1.1697897 | ||||
| Grid reference | NZ538150 | ||||
| Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
| Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | NNT | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway | ||||
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| 25 February 1854 | Opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  7,618 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  35,758 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 42,306 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 54,080 | ||||
| 2024/25 | 59,464 | ||||
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Nunthorpe is a railway station on theEsk Valley Line, which runs betweenMiddlesbrough andWhitby. The station serves the village ofNunthorpe, inNorth Yorkshire, England; it lies 4 miles 48 chains (7.4 km) south-east of Middlesbrough. It is owned byNetwork Rail and managed byNorthern Trains.
One of the twopassing loops on the line is located here and there is alevel crossing at the eastern end. Thesignal box that operates it also supervises the movements of trains on the entire branch and remotely controls the junction further down the line atBattersby.
Nunthorpe was originally on theMiddlesbrough and Guisborough Railway line, opening in 1854. In 1964, the line between Nunthorpe andGuisborough was closed, meaning Nunthorpe was no longer a junction and only a station on the line toWhitby viaBattersby.[1]The December 2007 timetable brought about significant changes; the service is now better than it has been since the mid-1980s, when there was an hourly Nunthorpe – Middlesbrough service including seven Whitby trains.
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Starting in 2006, Nunthorpe was mentioned within theTees Valley Metro scheme. This was a plan to upgrade theTees Valley Line, and sections of the Esk Valley andDurham Coast Lines, to provide a faster and more frequent service across theNorth East of England. In the initial phases, the services would have beenheavy rail mostly along existing alignments with new additional infrastructure and rollingstock. The later phase would have introducedtram-trains to allow street running and further heavy rail extensions.[2][3][4][5]
As part of the scheme, Nunthorpe station would have received improved service toHartlepool, possibly a street-running link toGuisborough and theHeadland, with new rolling stock.[2][4]
However, due to achange in government in 2010 and the2008 financial crisis, the project was ultimately shelved.[6] Several stations eventually got their improvements and there is a possibility of improved rolling stock and services in the future which may affect Nunthorpe.[7]
The station is unstaffed. The main buildings still stand, but are now used as private residential accommodation. A waiting shelter is located on platform 2 (used by trains to Whitby and those that terminate here and return to Newcastle), whilst platform 1 has a canopied waiting area adjoining the main building, where there is an automated ticket machine. Digital CIS displays, timetable posters and a public telephone are provided to offer train running information. Step-free access is available to both platforms via the level crossing.[8]
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As of the December 2025 timetable change,Northern Trains operates the following general pattern:[9][10]
Rolling stock used:Class 156Super Sprinter andClass 158Express Sprinter
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Gypsy Lane | Northern Trains Esk Valley Line | Great Ayton | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Ormesby | North Eastern Railway Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway | Pinchinthorpe | ||
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