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Tyne and Wear Metro : Stations : Tynemouth

Line	Location	Metro station opening date	Railway station originally opened	Railway station closed	number of platforms
Yellow	surface	11th August 1980	7th July 1882	10th September 1979	2

Tynemouth station, a former railway station on the Tyne Coast, is an impressive building with many original features and an overall trainshed.

Pictures

Main entrance to Tynemouth station, on Station Terrace, which is on the eastern side of the station

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The smaller, but still very smart, western entrance to Tynemouth station

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Platforms at Tynemouth, showing the ornate canopies and footbridge—on the left is the platform for St James via North Shields, on the right is for Jesmond, Newcastle and South Shields

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Underneath the canopy on the St. James platform at Tynemouth

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Looking north along the platforms at Tynemouth, as a train for St. James via North Shields pulls in

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The operational area of Tynemouth station is in excellent condition, but the platforms and canopies are much longer than are needed for Metro trains. The sections of platform which are not in use are not as well-presented as the rest of the station

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