Tynemouth Metro station
Tynemouth | |||||||||||
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| Tyne and Wear Metro station | |||||||||||
The station in 2013 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Tynemouth, North Tyneside England | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°01′01″N 1°25′44″W / 55.0170464°N 1.4288662°W | ||||||||||
| Grid reference | NZ368693 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
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| 7 July 1882 | Opened | ||||||||||
| 11 August 1980 | Joined the Tyne and Wear Metro network | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2017/18 | 0.56 million | ||||||||||
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Tynemouth is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the coastal town of Tynemouth, North Tyneside in Tyne 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, between Haymarket and Tynemouth via Four Lane Ends.