Thornaby Railway Station (Thornaby)

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Thornaby railway station serves the town of Thornaby-on-Tees and due to having better connections than Stockton railway station also much of Stockton-on-Tees. It is located in the borough of Stockton-On-Tees and in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire. It is currently operated by TransPennine Express.

The two platform station suffered a gradual decline and reduction in facilities from the 1960s onwards resulting in an unmanned, "bus shelter" standard by the turn of century. However thanks to its significant level of patronage, much of which is due to being located next to the Teesdale development area and Durham University's Queen's Campus, Stockton, and its importance as an interchange station it was substantially modernised in a £500,000 project lead by Arriva Trains Northern, the SRA and Stockton-On-Tees borough council. The newly rebuilt station was officially opened by local MP Dari Taylor on 7 February 2003 and now provides an enlarged car park, heated waiting room, manned ticket office, a shop, VDU displays and better lighting and security. As a result of this improvement work, and the return of staffing, Thornaby won a National Station of the Year Award in the 2003 HSBC Rail Awards.