Editing Hartlepool (section)

===Rail===
[[File:Hartlepool Station (geograph 6003335).jpg|thumb|{{rws|Hartlepool}} station]]
Hartlepool is served by {{rws|Hartlepool}} and {{rws|Seaton Carew}} railway stations, both of which lie on the [[Durham Coast Line]] with hourly services to {{rws|Sunderland}}, {{rws|Newcastle}} and {{rws|Middlesbrough}}, which are operated by [[Northern (train operating company)|Northern]]. A service to {{rws|London King's Cross}} from Sunderland, operated by [[Grand Central (train operating company)|Grand Central]] that uses [[British Rail Class 180|Class 180]] trains capable of {{convert|125|mph|km/h|-1|abbr=on}} operates from the former of the two stations. The service marks the first time since the 1980s<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/local/all-news/all-aboard-for-london-rail-link-video-1-1142001|title=All aboard for London rail link – VIDEO|date=5 December 2007|access-date=28 June 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102132855/http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/local/all-news/all-aboard-for-london-rail-link-video-1-1142001|archive-date=2 November 2013|publisher=Sunderland Echo}}</ref> that Hartlepool has had a direct rail link with London which takes around three and a half hours.<ref>
{{cite news|url=http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/local/direct_rail_link_to_london_planned_1_1005967|title=Direct rail link to London planned|date=17 January 2005|access-date=28 June 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728184111/http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/local/direct_rail_link_to_london_planned_1_1005967|archive-date=28 July 2013|work=Hartlepool Mail}}</ref>