North Shields Metro station

North Shields
North Shields station from the front window of a Metro train
Location
Place	North Shields
Local authority	North Tyneside
Fare zone information
Network One zone	3
Metro zone	C
Original (1979) zone	29
Station code	NSH
History
Opened	1890
Closed for conversion	1980-08-11
Metro since	1982-11-14
Tyne and Wear Metro List of Tyne and Wear Metro stations

North Shields Metro Station is on the Tyne and Wear Metro Yellow line.

It was formerly the terminus of the now defunct Blue line (St. James - North Shields), which used a bay platform on the south side, at the west end of the station. When adapted for Metro use, the platform-level canopies and ramps from the entrance to the platform remained, but the station entrance was completely rebuilt.

The original North Shields station (just Shields until 1874) was the terminus of the Newcastle & North Shields Railway, and it opened on 20 June 1839. It was replaced in 1890 by the present station, located at the western end of North Shields Tunnel (originally Tynemouth Tunnel).

The station is one of the busiest on the system outside of central Newcastle with a recorded patronage of almost 1.1 million passengers in 2008-9.^[1]

The 333 bus service operated by Arriva North East and Nexus links the station with the nearby North Shields Ferry Landing for connections to South Shields via the Shields Ferry.

As part of an ongoing programme of refurbishment, Nexus and DB Regio have announced that demolition of the current North Shields Metro Station will begin on 12 March 2011. The re-built station is due to fully re-open in January 2012.

Ticketing anomalies

Different zonal fare systems are used for Metro single tickets and inter-modal Transfare tickets, which means that for a number of journeys a Transfare may actually be cheaper than a standard Metro-only ticket.

Station	Network Zone	Metro Zone
Byker	27	A
Chillingham Road	27	A

Preceding station		Tyne and Wear Metro		Following station
Meadow Well towards St James		Yellow line		Tynemouth towards South Shields

Bus Services

References

1. ^ NEXUS Business Intelligence Report. http://www.nexus.org.uk/wps/wcm/resources/file/eba01f018731343/Business%20Intelligence%20Annual%20Report%20200809.pdf

No	to	via	Operated by	Notes
1	Whitley Bay	Tynemouth, Marden Estate and Cullercoats	Go North East	"Coaster"
	Kibblesworth	Wallsend, Byker, Newcastle, Gateshead, Low Fell and Lamesley
2	Whitley Bay	Tynemouth, Marden Estate and Cullercoats	Go North East	"Coaster"
	Wrekenton	Wallsend, Byker, Newcastle, Gateshead, Low Fell and Harlow Green
17	Whitley Bay	North Tyneside Hospital	Go North East
	Cramlington Shops	Percy Main, Holy Cross, Wallsend, Benton ASDA, Forest Hall and Killingworth
19	Northumberland Park Metro	Percy Main and Cobalt	Go North East and Veolia	"Route 19"
56	Newcastle Haymarket	Billy Mill, Cobalt, Shiremoor, Quorum and Four Lane Ends	Arriva North East
57	Cramlington	N.T. Hospital, Whitley Bay, Monkseaton and Seaton Deleval	Arriva North East
57A	Cramlington	N.T. Hospital, Whitley Bay, Monkseaton and Seaton Deleval	Arriva North East
80	Wallsend	North Tyneside Hospital and Cobalt	Go North East	"North Tyne Links"
85/86	North Shields	Tynemouth, Cullercoats, N.T. Hospital and Meadow Well	Go North East	"North Tyne Links"
85A/86A	North Shields	Tynemouth, Cullercoats, N.T. Hospital and Meadow Well	Arriva and Veolia
306	Tynemouth		Arriva North East	"Coastliner"
	Newcastle Haymarket	Silverlink, High Farm, Coast Road, Corner House and Cradlewell
310	Newcastle Haymarket	Meadow Well, Cobalt, Silverlink, Coast Road and Cradlewell	Go North East	"Cobalt Clipper"
333	Howdon Road	North Shields Ferry Landing and North Shields Fish Quay	Arriva North East
391	DSS Tyneview Park	Meadow Well, Hadrian Park and High Farm	Go North East