Seamer railway station

Seamer
265px The station, viewed from the platforms
Location
Place	Seamer
Local authority	Scarborough
Coordinates
Grid reference	TA032839
Operations
Station code	SEM
Managed by	First TransPennine Express
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03	37,031
2004/05	50,318
2005/06	61,102
2006/07	69,820
2007/08	81,114
2008/09	87,852
2009/10	86,492
2010/11	90,484
2011/12	91,500
2012/13	0.101 million
2013/14	0.105 million
2014/15	0.111 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1845 (1845)
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* 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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North TransPennine
Legend
2:50 Newcastle Central 2:36 Chester-le-Street 2:30 Durham 2:13 Darlington 2:38 Middlesbrough 2:28 Thornaby 2:14 Yarm 1:58 Northallerton 1:49 Thirsk 2:18 Scarborough 2:07 Seamer 1:50 Malton 1:23 York 1:54 Hull 1:36 Brough 1:30 Gilberdyke 1:24 Howden 1:18 Selby 1:09 South Milford 1:08 Garforth 1:04 Cross Gates 0:57 Leeds 0:40 Dewsbury 0:30 Huddersfield 0:13 Stalybridge 0:00 Manchester Piccadilly 0:00 Manchester Victoria 0:14 Manchester Airport 0:02 Manchester Oxford Road 0:08 Irlam 0:16 Birchwood 0:21 Warrington Central 0:27 Widnes 0:38 Liverpool South Parkway 0:34 Liverpool Lime Street
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 First 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 First TransPennine Express, with services being run by both Northern Rail and First 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.

History

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.

Facilities

The station currently only has basic facilities, such as a large shelter on the island platforms, as well as CIS systems towards the middle of the platforms.

Services

First TransPennine Express

From Seamer Monday to Saturdays there are up to two trains per hour eastbound to Scarborough and westbound generally an hourly First TransPennine Express service to York, Leeds, Manchester Piccadilly and Liverpool Lime Street

On Sundays there is a two-hourly service to York and beyond and a two-hourly service to Hull (and beyond) which now runs all year since the December 2009 timetable change (prior to this it ran only in summer).

Northern Rail

Northern operates a two-hourly (with peak extras) Northern Rail service to Bridlington and Hull on the Yorkshire Coast Line. Many of the latter continue to Doncaster and Sheffield.

Until Northern Rail took over in 2004, Arriva Trains Northern did have services that stopped at Seamer, the current York to Blackpool service used to continue to Scarborough alongside TransPennine Express services. This service was usually worked by a Metro liveried Class 158 DMU, occasionally a Class 155 DMU. There was also a local service from York to Scarborough usually worked by a Pacer DMU or a Class 156.

Route

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Malton		First TransPennine Express North TransPennine		Scarborough
Filey		Northern Rail Yorkshire Coast Line		Scarborough
	Historical railways
Terminus		Forge Valley Line		Forge Valley
Ganton Station closed; Line open		Y&NMR York to Scarborough Line		Scarborough Londesborough Road Station closed; Line open
Cayton Station closed; Line open		Y&NMR Hull to Scarborough Line		Scarborough Londesborough Road Station closed; Line open

References

• Body, G. (1988), PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 2, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Wellingborough, ISBN 1-85260-072-1

External links

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