Airport train station outing next weekend
18.10.09
An outing is being organised to try to double the numbers at one of the UK’s railway stations, the Northern Echo reports. The train station which serves Durham Tees Valley Airport, is one of the least used in the country - only one train a week stops there and in 2007-08 only 52 people used it. But a railway enthusiast is hoping an outing to the station – which is still called Teesside Airport station – next weekend will lift it out of the bottom five in the country.
The trip, on Saturday, October 24, is being arranged by Alex Nelson, stationmaster at the independent Chester-le- Street station. He hopes it will not only increase Teesside Airport train station’s visitors, but also highlight the fact that one of the region’s airports is so poorly served by the rail network dispite having a dedicated stop.
He told the newspaper: ‘If we can get 50 people to get on a train there, their tickets will be recorded, and passenger numbers will considerably increase. It will also help to publicise how ridiculous it is that one of the region’s major airports doesn’t have a rail connection that’s useful.’
The trip begins from Chester-le-Street station at 09:21. The train will arrive at Darlington at 10.:20, before heading on to Teesside Airport for 10:28am. The return train leaves at 13:41, to arrive at Chester-le-Street at 14:41. Adult return tickets from Chester-le-Street cost £8.90 and are available from all staffed stations and the train.
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