Hartlepool railway station serves the town of Hartlepool in County Durham, North East England. It is a through station on the Durham Coast Line between Newcastle and Middlesbrough and is one two stations on the line within the Borough of Hartlepool, the other being Seaton Carew.Northern manages the station and is the primary train operator, providing regional services along the Durham Coast route and beyond to Newcastle and Hexham in the north, and Middlesbrough and Nunthorpe in the south. Intercity Grand Central services between Sunderland and London King's Cross also call at the station.HistoryThe Stockton and Hartlepool Railway, which connected the town of West Hartlepool with the Clarence Railway near, was opened for goods on 12 November 1839 and to passengers on 1 December in the same year. A station named Hartlepool West was opened on 9 February 1841; this was renamed West Hartlepool in February 1848, and closed on 3 May 1880 when it was replaced by a new West Hartlepool station. This in turn was renamed Hartlepool on 26 April 1967, when West Hartlepool was merged with Hartlepool.
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- City:
- Hartlepool
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- Transit Stop