Tynemouth | |||||||||||
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 The station in 2013 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Tynemouth,North Tyneside England | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°01′01″N1°25′44″W / 55.0170464°N 1.4288662°W /55.0170464; -1.4288662 | ||||||||||
| Grid reference | NZ368693 | ||||||||||
| System | Tyne and Wear Metro station | ||||||||||
| Transit authority | Tyne and Wear PTE | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking | 71 spaces | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | Step-free access to platform | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Station code | TYN | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | C | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Original company | North Eastern Railway | ||||||||||
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway | ||||||||||
| Post-grouping | |||||||||||
| Key dates | |||||||||||
| 7 July 1882 | Opened | ||||||||||
| 11 August 1980 | Joined theTyne and Wear Metro network[a] | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2017/18 | 0.56 million[1] | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Listed Building – Grade II* | |||||||||||
| Official name | Tynemouth station main and subsidiary buildings with canopies and footbridge | ||||||||||
| Designated | 2 November 1978 | ||||||||||
| Reference no. | 1185168 | ||||||||||
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Tynemouth is aTyne and Wear Metro station, serving the coastal town ofTynemouth,North Tyneside inTyne and Wear, England. It joined the network as a terminus station on 11 August 1980, following the opening of the first phase of the network, betweenHaymarket and Tynemouth viaFour Lane Ends.
The station, designed by architect William Bell, was originally opened by theNorth Eastern Railway on 7 July 1882.[2]
Following a significant decline in the number of passengers using theNorth Eastern Railway's services inNorth Tyneside during the early 1900s, the line was electrified as part of theTyneside Electrics network, using a 600 V DCthird-rail system.[3]
Owing to falling passenger numbers during the 1960s, as well as rising costs, and the need to renew life expired infrastructure and rolling stock, the Tyneside Electrics network was de-electrified and converted todiesel multiple unit operation in 1967.[4]
It was designated aGrade II* listed building on 2 November 1978.[5]
The station has remained in constant use since opening, withBritish Rail continuing to use the station's formerbay platforms for services fromNewcastle viaWallsend until the day before the first section of theTyne and Wear Metro opened.
Tynemouth joined the Tyne and Wear Metro network on 11 August 1980, with the opening of the first phase of the network betweenHaymarket and Tynemouth viaFour Lane Ends. Prior to the introduction of through services toSt James via Wallsend on 14 November 1982, all trains used the present platform 2.
In 2007English Heritage placed the station on theHeritage at Risk Register.[6] The survey is used by national and local government, a wide range of individuals and heritage groups to establish the extent of risk and to help assess priorities for action and funding decisions.
Work on the £3.68 million regeneration project began in early 2011,[7] and was completed in the following year. On 2 July 2012, the station was officially reopened byAnne, Princess Royal,[8][9][10] and subsequently removed from the register.[11]
The station has two platforms, both of which have ticket machines (which accept cash, card andcontactless payment), seating, next train audio and visual displays, timetable and information posters and an emergency help point.
There is step-free access to both platforms by road bridge, with platforms also linked by apre-grouping wooden footbridge, which is similar in design to that at nearbyCullercoats.
The station has apay and display car park, with 71 spaces. There is also cycle storage at the station, with four cycle pods and fiveSheffield stands.[12]
As of April 2021[update], the station is served by up to five trains per hour on weekdays and Saturday, and up to four trains per hour during the evening and on Sunday.[12]
A weekly market is held at the station every Saturday and Sunday, which doubles as a farmers' market once a month. The Friends of Tynemouth Station also hold book fairs several times a year at the station.[13] The first book fair took place in August 1993.[14]
Media related toTynemouth Metro station at Wikimedia Commons
