Heworth Metro station
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English: Heworth 54°57′06″N 1°33′21″W / 54.951545°N 1.55589°W is a station on the Green & Yellow Lines of the Tyne and Wear Metro.
Opened | New or converted |
Number of platforms | Track alignment | Tyne & Wear metropolitan borough |
15 November 1981 | New | 2 | E-W | Gateshead |
Layout | ||||
Two side platforms in a cutting underneath a station building, with a double-track mainline to the north and a bridge for a SW-NE bus only road to the west over both Metro and mainline tracks (platforms for a mainline station are west of the bridge) | ||||
Platform no. and position |
Direction of travel |
Previous stop |
Route | Next stop |
Platform 1 North |
Eastbound | Felling | Yellow Line to South Shields (stop 34 of 42) | Pelaw |
Green Line to South Hylton (stop 18 of 31) | ||||
Platform 2 South |
Westbound | Pelaw | Yellow Line to St James (stop 09 of 42) | Felling |
Green Line to Airport (stop 14 of 31) | ||||
Notes | ||||
None | ||||
Station buildings | ||||
A rectangular station hall in the original style (brown brick/white panel), 130' by 90' | ||||
Access | ||||
Ground level entrances to the station building in the south and north sides at the east ends (south from a bus station, north to another bus station via a walkway over the mainline tracks), then internal access down to platform level | ||||
Protection from the elements | ||||
Road bridge/station building underside | ||||
Interchanges | ||||
rail, bus, car |
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The view south east from the northern access bridge across the tracks outside the east side of the building
14 July 2006 -
The view across the A184 to the north east corner of the station building
8 January 2009 -
The south side of the station building
31 May 1983 -
The south side of the station building
26 December 2009 -
The west side of the station building
26 March 2011 -
The south east corner of the station building
21 November 2012 -
The east side of the station building, with a Metrocar approaching Platform 2
14 July 2006 -
The gate line inside the station building
31 May 1983 -
The view from the front of Metrocar No. 4089 as it approaches Platform 1, en route to South Hylton. Metrocar No. 4028 bound for St James is in Platform 2
10 October 2005 -
The view through the platforms
1 January 2006 -
The view west along Platform 1, with Metrocar No. 4071 terminating a service from Newcastle
31 May 1983 -
The station sign
27 April 2008 -
The view east from the end of Platform 2 as a Metrocar arrives, en route to Airport
5 July 2005 -
The view north east across the concrete ramps either side of the mainline station platforms, as a westbound Metrocar leaves the Metro platforms just visible to the right
20 February 1985