Jarrow Metro station

English: Jarrow 54.979584°N 1.493567°W / 54.979584; -1.493567 (Jarrow Metro station) is a station on the Yellow Line of the Tyne and Wear Metro.

Opened	New or converted	Number of platforms	Track alignment	Tyne & Wear metropolitan borough
24 March 1984	Converted	2	NW-SE	South Tyneside
Layout
Two side platforms at ground level, with platform level station buildings in the eastern half, with another single track passing to the north
Platform no. and position	Direction of travel M	Previous stop	Route	Next stop
Platform 1 North East	SE bound	Hebburn	Yellow Line to South Shields (stop 37 of 42)	Bede
Platform 2 South West	NW bound	Bede	Yellow Line to St James (stop 06 of 42)	Hebburn
Notes
* M - these are compass headings, which in this station's case do not correspond to the directions diagrammatically indicated on the official Metro route map archive copy at the Wayback Machine - NW bound is Westbound & SE bound is Eastbound on the Metro map
Station buildings
Two simple square structures in the original style, both 20' by 20'
Access
Street level entrance from the south via a concrete apron next to the parallel Grant Street, with stairs up and down from a footbridge connecting the east platform ends, and which also continues north over the passing track to Sheldon Street & a bus station; also a 200' long ramp up from the east end of the north platform, in line with the track up to the SW-NE bridge for the A185 road over all the tracks
Protection from the elements
60' platform shelters attached to the front of both station buildings
Interchanges
bus

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  The view north west to the station from the A185 bridge, showing the ramp down to Platform 1 on the right
  7 November 2009
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  The view north across the Grant Street forecourt to the Platform 2 building
  5 April 2012
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  The view north across the Grant Street forecourt to the Platform 2 building
  9 May 2007
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  The Platform 2 building from the forecourt onto Grant Street
  9 May 2007
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  The view east down the steps from the station footbridge to the bus station directly ahead
  16 July 2010
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  The view north west across the station from the footbridge; Metrocar No. 4018 is at the front of a train arriving in Platform 1, en route to South Shields
  16 July 2010
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  The view north west from the end of Platform 2
  5 January 2006
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  The view north from Platform 2 across to the end of Platform 1
  5 January 2006
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  The view from an empty platform across to a Metrocar in the opposite platform
  30 March 2006
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  The view across the tracks
  25 October 2006