Eaglescliffe is a railway station on the Tees Valley Line, which runs between and via . The station, situated east of Darlington, serves the village of Eaglescliffe, Borough of Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. History The station was opened by the Leeds Northern Railway on 25 May 1852, with their line from Melmerby to Stockton. That line deviates from the original alignment of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. The previous line ran on the east side of Yarm Road, through the grounds of Preston Hall. It is said that Lord Preston (Marshall Robinson Fowler) was unhappy the disruption that trains, such as Locomotion No. 1, caused to his cattle and had insisted that it was moved west of the road. When the Stockton and Darlington Railway re-aligned their line, they also started using the station at Eaglescliffe. The station became known as Eaglescliffe Junction, as passengers could change between services on the two respective lines. The railway station serving the parishes of Preston-on-Tees and Egglescliffe, was known as Preston. Displeased at the cost of moving the station, the railway owners decided to name the new station after Egglescliffe instead. In the following years, the station and surrounding area came to be known instead as Eaglescliffe. There are various stories as to how the station got the name Eaglescliffe, instead of the intended, Egglescliffe. One such set of stories is that the signwriter was sent a telegram with a misspelling to paint the sign as Eaglescliffe. Another variant was that the signwriter thought to change it, after believing it to be incorrect. In each variation, it is said that the sign was not changed for a period of time, by which time the name had been adopted. Originally, the station had four platforms. However, the westernmost platforms were taken out of use in the late 1960s, and have since been removed. Facilities The station's facilities have been recently upgraded during the early and mid–2010s, with improvements including the installation of real-time information screens and CCTV, as well as renewed station signage. In January 2012, construction work started on a new ticket office at the station. In April 2015, the station's previous waiting shelters were replaced by a modern waiting room. The station has been staffed since 2012. Initially, the ticket office was operated by an independent company, Chester-le-Track, which also