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List of Tyne and Wear Metro stations

The following is a list of Tyne and Wear Metro stations.

A schematic map of the Tyne and Wear Metro system

Purpose-built stations edit

The following stations were built specifically for the Tyne and Wear Metro system.

Station Code Opened Line
Airport  APT17 Nov 1991Green line
Bank Foot  BFT10 May 1981Green line
Bede  BDE24 Mar 1984Yellow line
Byker  BYK14 Nov 1982Yellow line
Callerton Parkway  CAL17 Nov 1991Green line
Central Station  CEN15 Nov 1981Yellow line, Green line
Chichester  CHI24 Mar 1984Yellow line
Chillingham Road  CRD14 Nov 1982Yellow line
Fawdon  FAW10 May 1981Green line
Fellgate  FEG31 Mar 2002Green line
Four Lane Ends  FLE11 Aug 1980Yellow line
Gateshead  GHD15 Nov 1981Yellow line, Green line
Gateshead Stadium[note 1]  GST15 Nov 1981Green line, Yellow line
Hadrian Road  HDR14 Nov 1982Yellow line
Haymarket  HAY11 Aug 1980Yellow line, Green line
Heworth  HEW15 Nov 1981Green line, Yellow line
Ilford Road  ILF11 Aug 1980Yellow line, Green line
Jesmond  JES11 Aug 1980Yellow line, Green line
Kingston Park  KSP15 Sep 1985Green line
Manors  MAN14 Nov 1982Yellow line
Meadow Well[note 2]  MWL14 Nov 1982Yellow line
Millfield  MLF31 Mar 2002Green line
Monument  MMT15 Nov 1981Yellow line, Green line
Northumberland Park  NPK11 Dec 2005Yellow line
Pallion  PAL31 Mar 2002Green line
Palmersville Metro station  PMV19 Mar 1986Yellow line
Park Lane  PLI28 Apr 2002Green line
Pelaw[note 3]  PLW16 Sep 1985Green line, Yellow line
Regent Centre  RGC10 May 1981Green line
Simonside  SMD17 Mar 2008Yellow line
St James  SJM14 Nov 1982Yellow line
St Peter's  STZ16 Apr 2001Green line
Shiremoor  SMR11 Aug 1980Yellow line
South Hylton  SHL31 Mar 2002Green line
South Shields  SSS23 Mar 1984[1]Yellow line
Stadium of Light  SFC31 Mar 2002Green line
Tyne Dock  TDK24 Mar 1984Yellow line
University  UNI31 Mar 2002Green line
Wansbeck Road  WBR10 May 1981Green line

Converted stations edit

 
A metro train for St James arrives at Tynemouth station

These stations were built prior to the Metro system, but have since been converted or re-built for Metro use. All except Sunderland now serve Metro trains only.

This list does not include Fawdon, Bank Foot, and Regent Centre, which are located on the sites of the former Coxlodge, Kenton, and West Gosforth stations on what was once the Ponteland Railway, but which closed to passenger traffic in 1929; Pelaw, which was added to the Metro in 1985, and which is sited to the south of the former station of that name; Northumberland Park, opened 2005, built on the approximate site of the previous Backworth station, closed in 1979; and Palmersville, added in 1985, close to the short-lived Benton Square station (which was open 1909-1915). In addition, Jesmond, Manors, and Central Station are all purpose-built underground stations that were built near to, and share names with, previous suburban stations, and South Shields is built upon a bridge closer to the town centre than the previous mainline station of that name.

Station Code Opened Metro since Line(s)
Benton  BTN1 Mar 187111 Aug 1980Yellow line
Brockley Whins[note 4]  BNR19 Jun 183931 March 2002Green line
Cullercoats  CUL3 Jul 188211 Aug 1980Yellow line
East Boldon  EBL19 Jun 183931 Mar 2002Green line
Felling  FEL18 Nov 189615 Nov 1981Yellow line, Green line
Hebburn  HEB22 Jun 183924 Mar 1984Yellow line
Howdon  HOW18 Jun 183914 Nov 1982Yellow line
Jarrow  JAR1 Mar 187224 Mar 1984Yellow line
Longbenton  LBN14 Jul 194711 Aug 1980Yellow line
Monkseaton  MSN25 Jul 191511 Aug 1980Yellow line
North Shields  NSH18 Jun 183914 Nov 1982Yellow line
Percy Main  PCM20 Jun 183914 Nov 1982Yellow line
Seaburn  SBN3 May 193731 Mar 2002Green line
South Gosforth[note 5]  SGF27 Jun 186411 August 1980Green line, Yellow line
Sunderland station  SUN4 Aug 187931 Mar 2002Green line
Tynemouth station  TYN7 Jul 188211 Aug 1980Yellow line
Walkergate  WKG18 Jun 183914 Nov 1982Yellow line
Wallsend  WSD18 Jun 183914 Nov 1982Yellow line
West Jesmond  WJS1 Dec 190011 Aug 1980Yellow line, Green line
West Monkseaton  WMN20 Mar 193311 Aug 1980Yellow line
Whitley Bay  WTL3 Jul 188211 Aug 1980Yellow line

Proposed stations edit

There have been numerous suggestions for infill stations on the Metro since it opened, and five of these, Pelaw, Kingston Park, Palmersville, Northumberland Park and Simonside have been built and attract high patronage. Other plans that have been abandoned or are yet to be built include:

  • Beaconsfield (between Tynemouth and Cullercoats): Proposed in the 1980s, but planned area development was abandoned.
  • Dorrington Road (west of Fawdon): the proposed station was sited where the Newcastle bypass road was ultimately built.
  • High Lane Row (between Hebburn and Jarrow): Construction to go ahead if the current single track is dualled. Both track dualling and this station are included in the latest proposals to central government.
  • Pallion Bridge (between South Hylton and Pallion): Proposed to be built when Ford Estate and the former Grove Cranes site are redeveloped for business and residential use, and the New Wear Bridge is completed, opening up new areas of patronage in the Castletown, Ford Estate, Hylton Riverside and Alexandra Park areas.
  • Stotts Road (between Walkergate and Wallsend): Proposed in the mid-1980s.
  • Victoria Road West (between Pelaw and Hebburn): Mooted by South Tyneside government officials in 2008 to service South Tyneside college, which has since been closed and demolished. Currently, this is the longest stretch of track between two stations.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Called Old Fold during the planning stages.
  2. ^ Opened as Smiths Park, renamed as Meadow Well on 10 October 1994.
  3. ^ A previous station named Pelaw opened on 18 November 1896, but was located north of the Metro station site.
  4. ^ Named Boldon Colliery, 1925–1991.
  5. ^ The old station buildings were demolished in the late 1970s and replaced by the Metro Control Centre.

See also edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tyne and Wear Metro stations.

References edit

  1. ^ "Disused stations".
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