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Northallerton railway station is on the East Coast Main Line in the United Kingdom, serving the town of Northallerton, North Yorkshire. It is 218mi north of and on the main line it is situated between to the south and to the north. Its three-letter station code is NTR.It is currently managed by TransPennine Express and also served by Grand Central and Virgin Trains East Coast.A long-term aim of the Wensleydale Railway is to run trains into the station from and eventually on the Settle-Carlisle Railway. In 2014 the Wensleydale Railway opened a new temporary station at.The station is located on one of the fastest parts of the East Coast Main Line. Virgin Trains East Coast and CrossCountry express services pass through the station at speeds of up to 125 mph.HistoryThe station was opened by the Great North of England Railway on 30 March 1841. Eleven years later the Leeds Northern Railway completed its line from Leeds to Stockton through the town, although this did not initially connect with the main line. Instead trains called at nearby Northallerton Town station a short distance away, near the point where it passed beneath the line towards Darlington. By 1854 the GNoE and the LN had both become part of the North Eastern Railway which soon began running through trains on the LN route via Thirsk. These then rejoined the line towards Eaglescliffe by means of a new link from the main line at High Junction that was opened in 1856. The original LN route southwards towards Melmerby was then operated as a branch line until 1901, when the NER connected it to the main line via another new junction at the southern end of the station and started using it as the primary route from West Yorkshire to Teesside once more.