South Hylton Metro station
South Hylton | |||||||||||
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| Tyne and Wear Metro station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | South Hylton, City of Sunderland England | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 54°54′15″N 1°26′52″W / 54.9042608°N 1.4477521°W | ||||||||||
| Grid reference | NZ354567 | ||||||||||
| Transit authority | Tyne and Wear PTE | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Parking | 24 spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 5 cycle pods | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Step-free access to platform | ||||||||||
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| Station code | SHL | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | C | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Original company | York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway | ||||||||||
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway | ||||||||||
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| Key dates | |||||||||||
| 1 June 1853 | Opened as Hylton | ||||||||||
| 4 May 1964 | Closed | ||||||||||
| 31 March 2002 | Resited and reopened as South Hylton | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2017/18 | 0.26 million | ||||||||||
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South Hylton is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the suburbs of Pennywell and South Hylton, City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, North East England. It joined the network as a terminus station on 31 March 2002, following the opening of the extension from Pelaw to South Hylton.