Tyne Dock Metro station
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Tyne Dock Metro station is situated on the Yellow line of the Tyne and Wear Metro
system, in South Shields
, Tyne and Wear
, England
. It takes its name from the Tyne Dock
locality to the north of the station, although in primarily serves the residential area of West Harton
to the south.
The original Tyne Dock station opened on 19 June 1839, on the Branding Junction Railway from Gateshead to South Shields via Brockley Whins and High Shields. It was sited just to the east of the divergence of the BJR route via High Shields and the Stanhope and Tyne Railway route via Chichester. The route via High Shields closed on 1st June 1981 and was abandoned, and the Metro line to South Shields
was to follow the S&TR; thus the replacement Tyne Dock station was built just to the east of the divergence, but on the former S&TR route.
The station opened in 1984, as part of the final phase of the original Metro scheme, when the network was extended from Heworth
to South Shields
.
Tyne and Wear Metro
The Tyne and Wear Metro, also known as the Metro, is a light rail system in North East England, serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside and Sunderland. It opened in 1980 and in 2007–2008 provided 40 million public journeys on its network of nearly...
system, in South Shields
South Shields
South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne to Tyne Dock, and about downstream from Newcastle upon Tyne...
, Tyne and Wear
Tyne and Wear
Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in north east England around the mouths of the Rivers Tyne and Wear. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It takes its name from the Tyne Dock
Tyne Dock
Tyne Dock is a neighbourhood within the town of South Shields, North East England, on the south bank of the River Tyne. It takes its name from the large dock on the river which was opened in 1859 by the Tyne Improvement Commission to handle Tyneside's coal exports...
locality to the north of the station, although in primarily serves the residential area of West Harton
West Harton
West Harton is an area of the town of South Shields, in Tyne and Wear, England. It is primarily a residential area, with several schools and leisure facilities, including St Wilfrid's College for Mathematics and Computing, South Shields Community School and Brinkburn Recreation Ground...
to the south.
The original Tyne Dock station opened on 19 June 1839, on the Branding Junction Railway from Gateshead to South Shields via Brockley Whins and High Shields. It was sited just to the east of the divergence of the BJR route via High Shields and the Stanhope and Tyne Railway route via Chichester. The route via High Shields closed on 1st June 1981 and was abandoned, and the Metro line to South Shields
South Shields
South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne to Tyne Dock, and about downstream from Newcastle upon Tyne...
was to follow the S&TR; thus the replacement Tyne Dock station was built just to the east of the divergence, but on the former S&TR route.
The station opened in 1984, as part of the final phase of the original Metro scheme, when the network was extended from Heworth
Heworth station
Heworth Interchange serves the Heworth area of Gateshead. There is a station here on the Yellow Line and the Green Lines of the Tyne and Wear Metro as well as the Carlisle to Middlesbrough rail line operated by Northern Rail....
to South Shields
South Shields Metro station
South Shields Metro station is the main Tyne and Wear Metro station for South Shields, England. In 2008-9 the station was used by over 1 million passengers. The station is located on a bridge above King Street, the main shopping street in South Shields Town Centre...
.
External links
- Train times and station information for from NexusTyne and Wear Passenger Transport ExecutiveThe Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive using the brandname of Nexus, is the Passenger Transport Executive for the Tyne and Wear region of North East England....