List of Tyne and Wear Metro stations

A schematic map of the Tyne and Wear Metro system

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

Purpose-built stations

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

Station	Code	Opened	Line
Airport	APT	17 Nov 1991	Green line
Bank Foot	BFT	10 May 1981	Green line
Bede	BDE	24 Mar 1984	Yellow line
Byker	BYK	14 Nov 1982	Yellow line
Callerton Parkway	CAL	17 Nov 1991	Green line
Central Station	CEN	15 Nov 1981	Yellow line, Green line
Chichester	CHI	24 Mar 1984	Yellow line
Chillingham Road	CRD	14 Nov 1982	Yellow line
Fawdon	FAW	10 May 1981	Green line
Fellgate	FEG	31 Mar 2002	Green line
Four Lane Ends	FLE	11 Aug 1980	Yellow line
Gateshead	GHD	15 Nov 1981	Yellow line, Green line
Gateshead Stadium [note 1]	GST	15 Nov 1981	Green line, Yellow line
Hadrian Road	HDR	14 Nov 1982	Yellow line
Haymarket	HAY	11 Aug 1980	Yellow line, Green line
Heworth	HEW	15 Nov 1981	Green line, Yellow line
Ilford Road	ILF	11 Aug 1980	Yellow line, Green line
Jesmond	JES	11 Aug 1980	Yellow line, Green line
Kingston Park	KSP	15 Sep 1985	Green line
Manors	MAN	14 Nov 1982	Yellow line
Meadow Well [note 2]	MWL	14 Nov 1982	Yellow line
Millfield	MLF	31 Mar 2002	Green line
Monument	MMT	15 Nov 1981	Yellow line, Green line
Northumberland Park	NPK	11 Dec 2005	Yellow line
Pallion	PAL	31 Mar 2002	Green line
Palmersville Metro station	PMV	19 Mar 1986	Yellow line
Park Lane	PLI	28 Apr 2002	Green line
Pelaw [note 3]	PLW	16 Sep 1985	Green line, Yellow line
Regent Centre	RGC	10 May 1981	Green line
Simonside	SMD	17 Mar 2008	Yellow line
St James	SJM	14 Nov 1982	Yellow line
St Peter's	STZ	16 Apr 2001	Green line
Shiremoor	SMR	11 Aug 1980	Yellow line
South Hylton	SHL	31 Mar 2002	Green line
South Shields	SSS	23 Mar 1984	Yellow line
Stadium of Light	SFC	31 Mar 2002	Green line
Tyne Dock	TDK	24 Mar 1984	Yellow line
University	UNI	31 Mar 2002	Green line
Wansbeck Road	WBR	10 May 1981	Green line

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.

Station	Code	Opened	Metro since	Line(s)
Benton	BTN	1 Mar 1871	11 Aug 1980	Yellow line
Brockley Whins [note 4]	BNR	31 Mar 2002	31 March 2002	Green line
Cullercoats	CUL	3 Jul 1882	11 Aug 1980	Yellow line
East Boldon	EBL	31 Mar 2002	31 Mar 2002	Green line
Felling	FEL	18 Nov 1896	15 Nov 1981	Yellow line, Green line
Hebburn	HEB	24 Mar 1984	24 Mar 1984	Yellow line
Howdon	HOW	14 Nov 1982	14 Nov 1982	Yellow line
Jarrow	JAR	1 Mar 1872	24 Mar 1984	Yellow line
Longbenton	LBN	14 Jul 1947	11 Aug 1980	Yellow line
Monkseaton	MSN	25 Jul 1915	11 Aug 1980	Yellow line
North Shields	NSH	14 Nov 1982	14 Nov 1982	Yellow line
Percy Main	PCM	14 Nov 1982	14 Nov 1982	Yellow line
Seaburn	SBN	3 May 1937	31 Mar 2002	Green line
South Gosforth [note 5]	SGF	27 Jun 1864	11 August 1980	Green line, Yellow line
Sunderland station	SUN	4 Aug 1879	31 Mar 2002	Green line
Tynemouth station	TYN	7 Jul 1882	11 Aug 1980	Yellow line
Walkergate	WKG	14 Nov 1982	14 Nov 1982	Yellow line
Wallsend	WSD	14 Nov 1982	14 Nov 1982	Yellow line
West Jesmond	WJS	1 Dec 1900	11 Aug 1980	Yellow line, Green line
West Monkseaton	WMN	20 Mar 1933	11 Aug 1980	Yellow line
Whitley Bay	WTL	3 Jul 1882	11 Aug 1980	Yellow line

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): 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 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

• Category:Tyne and Wear Metro Green line stations  ( 25 )
• Category:Tyne and Wear Metro Yellow line stations  ( 33 )