This is a list of National Rail stations in the ceremonial county of Durham by 2017/2018 entries and exits, based on the UK Office of Rail and Road reports 2016-18. Note that Horden station opened in 2020 so received no entries and exits in this period.
List Rank Station Area served Unitary authority Operator Line(s) Platforms Passenger usage 2016/17 Passenger usage 2017/18Image 1 Durham County Durham London North Eastern Railway East Coast Main Line 2 2,623,676 2,747,748 2 Darlington Darlington London North Eastern Railway East Coast Main Line and Tees Valley Line 4 2,269,974 2,324,906 3 Hartlepool Hartlepool Northern Durham Coast Line 2 638,058 638,050 4 Chester-le-Street County Durham Northern East Coast Main Line 2 230,972 219,592 5 Eaglescliffe Stockton-on-Tees Northern Tees Valley Line and Northallerton–Eaglescliffe Line 2 206,848 207,186 6 Seaham County Durham Northern Durham Coast Line 2 145,362 140,894 7 Bishop Auckland County Durham Northern Tees Valley Line 1 118,742 123,144 8 Billingham Stockton-on-Tees Northern Durham Coast Line 2 94,994 81,862 9 Stockton-on-Tees Stockton-on-Tees Northern Durham Coast Line 2 80,624 79,260 10 Eaglescliffe Stockton-on-Tees Northern Tees Valley Line 2 65,414 64,792 11 Newton Aycliffe County Durham Northern Tees Valley Line 2 61,944 62,882 12 Seaton Carew Hartlepool Northern Durham Coast Line 2 57,160 61,858 13 Middleton St George Darlington Northern Tees Valley Line 2 59,110 56,850 14 Shildon County Durham Northern Tees Valley Line 2 51,994 48,840 15 Northern Darlington Darlington Northern Tees Valley Line 1 33,350 30,306 16 Aycliffe Business Park County Durham Northern Tees Valley Line 2 18,958 15,878 17 Teesside International Airport Darlington Northern Tees Valley Line 1 (+1 out of use) 30 74 - Horden County Durham Northern Durham Coast Line 2 N/A N/A
See also Station usage in County Durham List of United Kingdom railway stations
References
Further reading Hoole, K., Railway Stations of the North East (David & Charles, 1985) Hill, Norman, Teesside Railways: A View from the Past (Ian Allan, 2001), Young Alan, Lost Stations of Northumberland & Durham (Silver Link, 2011), Durham Railway Stations on Old Picture Postcards (Reflections Of A Bygone Age, 2019),