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Cramlington railway station is on the East Coast Main Line in the United Kingdom, serving the town of Cramlington, Northumberland. It is 278mi down the line from, between and Morpeth. Its three-letter station code is CRM.All services are operated by Northern, which also manages the station. It was opened (along with the line) in 1847.FacilitiesThe station is unstaffed and has no ticket provision - all tickets must be purchased prior to travel or on the train There are waiting shelters on both platforms, along with timetable posters and next train real-time information boards to offer train running details. Step-free access is available to both platforms, though the footbridge linking them has steps.Northumberland County Council and the local rail users group SENRUG is campaigning to relocate the station to a new site 200 metres south of its present position, in order to better serve the town's Manor Walk shopping centre, Westmorland Retail Park and main employment areas. The proposed site would also allow for the construction of a dedicated bus-rail interchange, a larger car park and serve several residential estates to the west built in the 1960s and 1970s.Accidents and incidentsOn 26 May 1926, during the General Strike, an express passenger train was deliberately derailed south of the station.ServicesThere are hourly local services to and also to via. At peak times services continue to in the north and further south. There is currently no Sunday service, however as part of the new franchise agreement an hourly Sunday service will be provided by Northern from December 2017, with further enhancements in May 2018.