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

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

StationOpening date
Newcastle Airport17 November 1991
Bank Foot10 May 1981
Bede24 March 1984
Byker14 November 1982
Callerton Parkway17 November 1991
Central Station15 November 1981
Chichester24 March 1984
Chillingham Road14 November 1982
Fawdon10 May 1981
Fellgate31 March 2002
Four Lane Ends11 August 1980
Gateshead15 November 1981
Gateshead Stadium [note 1]15 November 1981
Hadrian Road14 November 1982
Haymarket11 August 1980
Heworth15 November 1981
Ilford Road11 August 1980
Jesmond11 August 1980
Kingston Park15 September 1985
Manors14 November 1982
Meadow Well [note 2]14 November 1982
Millfield31 March 2002
Monument15 November 1981
Northumberland Park11 December 2005
Pallion31 March 2002
Palmersville19 March 1986
Park Lane31 March 2002
Pelaw [note 3]16 September 1985
Regent Centre10 May 1981
Simonside17 March 2008
St James14 November 1982
St Peter's31 March 2002
Shiremoor11 August 1980
South Hylton31 March 2002
South Shields24 March 1984
Stadium of Light31 March 2002
Tyne Dock24 March 1984
University31 March 2002
Wansbeck Road10 May 1981

Converted stations
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.

StationOpening dateMetro since
Benton1 March 187111 August 1980
Brockley Whins [note 4]19 June 183931 March 2002
Cullercoats7 July 188211 August 1980
East Boldon19 June 183931 March 2002
Felling18 November 189615 November 1981
Hebburn18 June 183924 March 1984
Howdon9 February14 November 1982
Jarrow1 March 187224 March 1984
Longbenton14 July 194711 August 1980
Monkseaton25 July 191511 August 1980
North Shields18 June 183914 November 1982
Percy Main18 June 183914 November 1982
Seaburn3 May 193731 March 2002
South Gosforth [note 5]27 June 186411 August 1980
Sunderland4 August 187931 March 2002
Tynemouth7 July 188211 August 1980
Walkergate18 June 183914 November 1982
Wallsend18 June 183914 November 1982
West Jesmond1 December 190011 August 1980
West Monkseaton2 March 193311 August 1980
Whitley Bay9 October 191011 August 1980

Proposed stations

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): In the planning stages, would thus probably have been called Fawdon, and today's Fawdon would have been called Coxlodge. 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
  1. Called Old Fold dueing 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
  • Category:Tyne and Wear Metro Green line stations ( 27 )
  • Category:Tyne and Wear Metro Yellow line stations ( 35 )
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