Heighington Railway Station serves Aycliffe Business Park in Newton Aycliffe with regular Northern trains operating on the Tees Valley Line. The station has a basic hourly service; trains from Heighington depart once an hour in each direction between Bishop Auckland to Darlington, Middlesbrough, and Saltburn. This portion of the Tees Valley Line is a community railway known as Bishop Line, lying between Bishop Auckland and Darlington. On Sundays, service is two-hourly.
Managed largely by Northern, Heighington Station is unmanned. There are no ticketing provisions of any kind at Heighington; passengers wishing to travel from Heighington should purchase their tickets prior to travel or on board the train from a guard. Both platforms have fully lit waiting shelters with bench seating. Train running information is provided via digital departure and arrival screens, timetable poster boards, telephone dial-in, and automated announcements on the station PA system. There is step-free access to both platforms via a ramp.
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Day | Opening Hours |
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Everyday | Closed |
Ticket Machine | Unavailable |
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Staff help | Unavailable |
Staffing level | Unstaffed |
Oyster Prepay | Unavailable |
Oyster topup | Unavailable |
Oyster validator | Unavailable |
Pre-purchase collection | Unavailable |
Left Luggage | Unavailable |
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Shops | Unavailable |
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Postbox | Unavailable |
Telephones | Unavailable |
Telephone types | Coins and cards |
Station Buffet | Unavailable |
ATM | Unavailable |
Bureau de Change | Unavailable |
Tourist Information Office | Unavailable |
Toilets | Unavailable |
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Showers | Unavailable |
Baby change | Unavailable |
WiFi | Unavailable |
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WiFi notes | |
Web kiosk | Unavailable |
Customer help points | Unavailable |
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CCTV | Available |
Cycle storage | Unavailable |
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Sheltered cycle storage | Unavailable |
Cycle storage CCTV | Available |
Step-free access | Whole station |
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Step-free access notes | Station is unstaffed. However no access problems for disabled or wheelchair bound customers as there is level access to the platforms via a level crossing. Step free access from the car park to station entrance |
Ramps for train access | Available |
Wheelchairs | Unavailable |
Induction Loop | Available |
Accessible ticket machines | Unavailable |
Accessible Booking Office counter | Unavailable |
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Departing to | Train | Time | Platform | Status |
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to Bishop Auckland | Northern | 18:07 | 2 | On time |
to Saltburn | Northern | 18:40 | 1 | On time |
to Bishop Auckland | Northern | 19:07 | 2 | On time |
to Saltburn | Northern | 19:40 | 1 | On time |
to Bishop Auckland | Northern | 20:07 | 2 | On time |
Arriving from | Train | Time | Platform | Status |
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from Saltburn | Northern | 18:06 | 2 | On time |
from Bishop Auckland | Northern | 18:40 | 1 | On time |
from Saltburn | Northern | 19:06 | 2 | On time |
from Bishop Auckland | Northern | 19:40 | 1 | On time |
from Saltburn | Northern | 20:06 | 2 | On time |