The driving force behind its growth was originally the Teesside Development Corporation[3] in the late 1980s when the two current unitary authorities were part of the county Cleveland.

[4][5][6] Starting in 2006, Teesside Park was mentioned within the Tees Valley Metro scheme as a new possible station.

In the initial phases the services would have been heavy rail mostly along existing alignments with new additional infrastructure and rollingstock.

[7][8][9][10] As part of the scheme, Teesside Park station would have received service to Darlington and Saltburn (1–2 to 4 trains per hour) as well as to Nunthorpe and Hartlepool, possibly a street-running link to Guisborough and the Headland, and new rollingstock.

The units contain: Until 2002, a free bus service ran from Albert Road, Middlesbrough to the leisure park in order to supply the Millenium Night Club and The Academy bar with customers.