Heworth Metro station

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Opened New
or converted
Number of platforms Track alignment Tyne & Wear metropolitan borough
15 November 1981 New 2 E-W Gateshead
Layout
Two side platforms in a cutting underneath a station building, with a double-track mainline to the north and a bridge for a SW-NE bus only road to the west over both Metro and mainline tracks (platforms for a mainline station are west of the bridge)
Platform no.
and position
Direction
of travel
Previous
stop
Route Next
stop
Platform 1
North
Eastbound Felling Yellow Line to South Shields (stop 34 of 42) Pelaw
Green Line to South Hylton (stop 18 of 31)
Platform 2
South
Westbound Pelaw Yellow Line to St James (stop 09 of 42) Felling
Green Line to Airport (stop 14 of 31)
Notes
None
Station buildings
A rectangular station hall in the original style (brown brick/white panel), 130' by 90'
Access
Ground level entrances to the station building in the south and north sides at the east ends (south from a bus station, north to another bus station via a walkway over the mainline tracks), then internal access down to platform level
Protection from the elements
Road bridge/station building underside
Interchanges
rail,
bus,
car