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Location | Seaham, County Durham England | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 54°50′21″N 1°20′47″W / 54.8390910°N 1.3463780°W | ||||||||||
Grid reference | NZ420495 | ||||||||||
Owned by | Network Rail | ||||||||||
Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | SEA | ||||||||||
Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Original company | Londonderry, Seaham and Sunderland Railway | ||||||||||
Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway | ||||||||||
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Key dates | |||||||||||
2 July 1855 | Opened as Seaham Colliery | ||||||||||
1 March 1925 | Renamed Seaham | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2018/19 | 137,652 | ||||||||||
2019/20 | 138,938 | ||||||||||
2020/21 | 35,228 | ||||||||||
2021/22 | 103,874 | ||||||||||
2022/23 | 110,570 | ||||||||||
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Seaham is a railway station on the Durham Coast Line, which runs between Newcastle and Middlesbrough via Hartlepool. The station, situated 5 miles 11 chains (8.3 km) south-east of Sunderland, serves the seaside town of Seaham in County Durham, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.