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The Tees Valley Line is a name for the railway route between Bishop Auckland and Saltburn via Darlington, Middlesbrough and Redcar. Also operated on the line are services from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Middlesbrough, Redcar and Saltburn via Darlington (using the East Coast Main Line between Newcastle and Darlington). The line between Darlington and Bishop Auckland has been re-branded The Bishop Line and is supported by the Bishop Line Community Rail Partnership.〔(Home ) Bishop Line〕 Beyond Bishop Auckland, the railway line continues as the re-opened heritage Weardale Railway. A regular freight service used to operate on weekdays moving coal from Wolsingham to Ratcliffe-On-Soar power station and Scunthorpe Steelworks, but this working ceased in 2013. ==Service== All trains along the route are currently operated by Northern Rail with Class 142 ''Pacers'' and occasionally Class 156 ''SuperSprinters''.〔(Bishop Auckland-Saltburn timetable ) Northern Rail〕 First TransPennine Express operate fifteen services per day in each direction from Manchester Airport to Middlesbrough via the line.〔(North East to Manchester Airport & Liverpool timetable ) First Transpennine Express〕 Between Darlington and Middlesbrough/Saltburn there is a service running almost every half-hour during the daytime, becoming roughly hourly in the evenings. The service to Bishop Auckland is more sparse, running hourly at peak times and two hourly off peak. A once weekly parliamentary service in each direction stops at Tees-side Airport.〔 The towns and villages served by the line are listed below. *Bishop Auckland *Shildon *Newton Aycliffe *Heighington *Darlington *Middleton St George *Eaglescliffe *Thornaby *Middlesbrough *Redcar *Marske-by-the-Sea *Saltburn-by-the-Sea The Bishop Line between Bishop Auckland and Darlington is designated as a community rail partnership. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tees Valley Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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