Hartlepool Station Improvements
The completed Hartlepool Station Project
Hartlepool Station is the Tees Valley’s third busiest rail station, with a footfall of more than half a million passengers each year. The station has a direct service to London and hourly trains to Newcastle and Middlesbrough so is an important rail gateway into Tees Valley.
Despite being a busy station and having two through lines, only one of the station’s lines was used by services calling at Hartlepool because one of the main platforms was out of operation. This limited the number of trains that could stop at Hartlepool and impacted the capacity of the Durham Coast rail line.
To ensure that Tees Valley can meet freight and passenger growth requirements in the coming years, the disused platform at Hartlepool Station was repaired and brought back into service. This significant investment by TVCA (Tees Valley Combined Authority) allowed for more trains and faster services to/from Hartlepool to be operated and will improve facilities for passengers at the station.
Work on the station was completed in May 2024.
Click here to view the May 2022 TVCA Hartlepool Station Outline Business Case.
Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen, Hartlepool Borough Cllr Karen Oliver, and David Ball, from Network Rail, at Hartlepool Station
