South Gosforth Metro station
South Gosforth | ||||||||||||||||
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| Tyne and Wear Metro station | ||||||||||||||||
Station platforms, with Metro control centre (to left) and historic footbridge | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne England | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°00′21″N 1°36′30″W / 55.0057849°N 1.6083021°W | |||||||||||||||
| Grid reference | NZ251679 | |||||||||||||||
| Transit authority | Tyne and Wear PTE | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Bicycle facilities | 5 cycle pods | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Step-free access to platform | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | SGF | |||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | A and B | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Original company | Blyth and Tyne Railway | |||||||||||||||
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway | |||||||||||||||
| Post-grouping | ||||||||||||||||
| Key dates | ||||||||||||||||
| 27 June 1864 | Opened as Gosforth | |||||||||||||||
| 1 March 1905 | Renamed South Gosforth | |||||||||||||||
| 23 January 1978 | Closed for conversion | |||||||||||||||
| 11 August 1980 | Reopened | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017/18 | 1.60 million | |||||||||||||||
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South Gosforth is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, and former British Rail station, serving the suburb of Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England. It originally opened on 27 June 1864 , as part of the Blyth and Tyne Railway, and became part of the Tyne and Wear Metro on 11 August 1980. Above the station platform is a control centre for the signals and an office are for the Tyne and Wear metro.