In 1852 the
Leeds Northern Railway (LNR), which had been renamed from the
Leeds and Thirsk Railway in 1849, extended its route northwards from to
Billingham-on-Tees (the now-closed original Billingham station) by way of and . One of the intermediate stations on the line was at
Stockton-on-Tees, this station opening on 2 June 1852; it was very soon renamed, becoming
North Stockton in either 1852 or 1853. At that time, it was shared by the LNR and the
Stockton and Hartlepool Railway. but soon after, in 1854, they both amalgamated with several other railways to form the
North Eastern Railway (NER). On 1 November 1892 this station resumed its original name, and this was retained until 1985 when
British Rail simplified the name to
Stockton.
Tees Valley Metro Starting in 2006, Stockton was mentioned within the
Tees Valley Metro scheme. This was a plan to upgrade the
Tees Valley Line and sections of the
Esk Valley Line and
Durham Coast Line to provide a faster and more frequent service across the
North East of England. In the initial phases the services would have been
heavy rail mostly along existing alignments with new additional infrastructure and rollingstock. The later phase would have introduced
tram-trains to allow street running and further heavy rail extensions. As part of the scheme, Stockton station would have received improved service to
Nunthorpe and
Hartlepool, possibly a street-running link to
Guisborough and the
Headland, as well as new rollingstock. Several stations eventually got their improvements and there is a possibility of improved rollingstock and services in the future which may affect Stockton. ==Services==