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Seamer railway station serves Seamer
Seamer, Scarborough

Seamer is a village and civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England.According to the United Kingdom Census 2001, Seamer parish had a population of 3,774....
 in North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is a shire county or shire county, located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial counties of England in that region and also partly in North East England....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. It lies at the end of one branch of the North TransPennine
North TransPennine

North TransPennine is one of the three rail services provided by First TransPennine Express running through Northern England. It runs from Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the north east to Liverpool Lime Street in the west via York, Leeds and Manchester with branches to Middlesbrough, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull and Manchester Air...
 route east of York
York railway station

York railway station is a main-line Train station in the historic city of York, England. It lies on the East Coast Main Line north of London's London King's Cross railway station towards Edinburgh's Edinburgh Waverley railway station....
 at its junction with the northern end of the Yorkshire Coast Line
Yorkshire Coast Line

The Yorkshire Coast Line is a railway line in northern England. It runs northwards from Hull Paragon railway station to Bridlington railway station and Scarborough railway station calling at other intermediate stations....
. The station is currently operated by First TransPennine Express
First TransPennine Express

First TransPennine Express is a List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom in the United Kingdom. It is a joint operation between First Group and Keolis ....
.

It was opened on 7 July 1845 by the York and North Midland Railway
York and North Midland Railway

The York and North Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom which opened in 1839, connecting York, with the Leeds and Selby Railway and in 1840 with the North Midland Railway at Normanton railway station near Leeds....
 and became a junction when a branch line to Filey
Filey railway station

Filey railway station serves the town of Filey in North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Yorkshire Coast Line and is operated by Northern Rail who provide all passenger train services....
 was opened the following year (5 October 1846). Its island platform
Island platform

An island platform on a railway is where a single Railway platform lies between two Rail trackss, serving both of them. Usually, the two tracks are on the same line, running in opposite directions....
 configuration was chosen to make it easier for passengers to change between the two routes here rather than continuing into Scarborough to do so.






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Seamer railway station serves Seamer
Seamer, Scarborough

Seamer is a village and civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England.According to the United Kingdom Census 2001, Seamer parish had a population of 3,774....
 in North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is a shire county or shire county, located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial counties of England in that region and also partly in North East England....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. It lies at the end of one branch of the North TransPennine
North TransPennine

North TransPennine is one of the three rail services provided by First TransPennine Express running through Northern England. It runs from Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the north east to Liverpool Lime Street in the west via York, Leeds and Manchester with branches to Middlesbrough, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull and Manchester Air...
 route east of York
York railway station

York railway station is a main-line Train station in the historic city of York, England. It lies on the East Coast Main Line north of London's London King's Cross railway station towards Edinburgh's Edinburgh Waverley railway station....
 at its junction with the northern end of the Yorkshire Coast Line
Yorkshire Coast Line

The Yorkshire Coast Line is a railway line in northern England. It runs northwards from Hull Paragon railway station to Bridlington railway station and Scarborough railway station calling at other intermediate stations....
. The station is currently operated by First TransPennine Express
First TransPennine Express

First TransPennine Express is a List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom in the United Kingdom. It is a joint operation between First Group and Keolis ....
.

It was opened on 7 July 1845 by the York and North Midland Railway
York and North Midland Railway

The York and North Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom which opened in 1839, connecting York, with the Leeds and Selby Railway and in 1840 with the North Midland Railway at Normanton railway station near Leeds....
 and became a junction when a branch line to Filey
Filey railway station

Filey railway station serves the town of Filey in North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Yorkshire Coast Line and is operated by Northern Rail who provide all passenger train services....
 was opened the following year (5 October 1846). Its island platform
Island platform

An island platform on a railway is where a single Railway platform lies between two Rail trackss, serving both of them. Usually, the two tracks are on the same line, running in opposite directions....
 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
Forge Valley Line

The Forge Valley Line was a 16 mile long branch of the North Eastern Railway between Seamer railway station and Pickering railway station. It opened in 1882 and closed in 1950, with the exception of a stretch from Pickering to Thornton Dale railway station with remained open for quarry traffic until 1963....
 to Pickering
Pickering, North Yorkshire

Pickering is an ancient market town and civil parish in the Ryedale district of the county of North Yorkshire, England, on the border of the North York Moors National Park....
) was opened by the NER on 1 May 1882, but this closed to passengers on 5 June 1950 and was lifted soon after.

The station is actually sited between the communities of Eastfield
Eastfield, North Yorkshire

Eastfield is a village and civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England.According to the United Kingdom Census 2001, Eastfield parish had a population of 5,863....
 and Crossgates, about one mile from Seamer. It took the name of Seamer since there was already a Cross Gates railway station
Cross Gates railway station

Cross Gates railway station serves Cross Gates, Leeds, an area in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the York and Selby Lines, operated by Northern Rail east of Leeds railway station...
 elsewhere (in West Yorkshire).

Services


From Seamer Monday to Saturdays there are up to two trains per hour eastbound to Scarborough
Scarborough railway station

Scarborough railway station serves the seaside town of Scarborough, North Yorkshire in North Yorkshire, England. It lies east of York railway station and is one of the eastern termini on the North TransPennine route operated by First TransPennine Express....
 and westbound generally an hourly First TransPennine Express service to York, Leeds, Manchester Piccadilly and Liverpool Lime Street
Liverpool Lime Street railway station

Liverpool Lime Street railway station on Lime Street, Liverpool is a mainline and underground railway station serving the city centre of Liverpool, England....
 and a two-hourly service to Bridlington
Bridlington railway station

Bridlington railway station serves the town of Bridlington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Yorkshire Coast Line and is operated by Northern Rail who provide all passenger train services....
 and Hull
Hull Paragon railway station

Hull Paragon Interchange is a major transportation complex in the city of Kingston upon Hull , England. This incorporates the city's railway station, which is operated by First TransPennine Express, who provide train services along with Northern Rail, First Hull Trains and National Express East Coast....
 on the Yorkshire Coast Line.

Sundays there is a two-hourly service to York and beyond and a Summer only two-hourly service to Hull.

Until Northern Rail
Northern Rail

Northern Rail is a train operating company that has operated local passenger services in the north of England since 2004. Northern Rail's owner, Serco-NedRailways, is a consortium formed of NedRailways and Serco, an international operator of public transport systems....
 took over in 2004, Arriva Trains Northern
Arriva Trains Northern

Arriva Trains Northern was a List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom that operated passenger trains in Yorkshire and the North East of England....
 did have services that stopped at Seamer, the current York
York

York is a walled city, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire and River Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city status in the United Kingdom is noted for its rich heritage and it has played an important role throughout much of its almost 2,000 year existence....
 to Blackpool
Blackpool

Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Lying along the coast of the Irish Sea, it has a population of 142,900, making it the North West England#Important cities and towns settlement in North West England behind Manchester, Liverpool and Warrington....
 service used to continue to Scarborough alongside TransPenninexpress services. This service was usually worked by a Metro liveried Class 158
British Rail Class 158

British Rail Class 158 Sprinter is a diesel multiple unit train, built for British Rail between 1989 and 1992 by BREL at their Derby Carriage and Wagon Works....
 DMU, occasionally a Class 155
British Rail Class 155

The British Rail Class 155 "Super-Sprinter " is a diesel multiple unit. These DMUs were built by British Leyland at Workington between 1987 and 1988 as part of British Rail's replacement of its ageing diesel fleet which were First-Generation....
 DMU. There was also a local service from York
York

York is a walled city, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire and River Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city status in the United Kingdom is noted for its rich heritage and it has played an important role throughout much of its almost 2,000 year existence....
 to Scarborough usually worked by a Pacer
Pacer (train)

Pacer is the operational name of the British Rail Class British Rail Class 140, British Rail Class 141, British Rail Class 142, British Rail Class 143 and British Rail Class 144 diesel multiple unit railbuses, built between 1984 and 1987....
 DMU or a Class 156
British Rail Class 156

The British Rail Class 156 "Super-Sprinter " is a diesel multiple unit . A hundred and fourteen of these units were built from 1987-89 by Metro-Cammell at their Washwood Heath Works in Birmingham....
.

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