Heritage railway stations · North East England
Tyne Dock
Tyne Dock in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Tyne Dock is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Tyne Dock is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving South Tyneside Hospital and the suburb of Tyne Dock, South Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the network on 24 March 1984, following the opening of the fifth phase of the network, between Heworth and South Shields.
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Background
History
The station was opened as Jarrow Dock on 1 August 1856, by the Stanhope and Tyne Railway. It was later resited and renamed Tyne Dock on 1 January 1861. The resited station was situated to the east of the divergence of the Brandling Junction Railway and the Stanhope and Tyne Railway route via Chichester. The current Tyne and Wear Metro station is built to the east of the divergence, but on the former Stanhope and Tyne Railway route. The route via High Shields was closed in June 1981, with the Tyne and Wear Metro line to South Shields following the former route of the Stanhope and Tyne Railway. The station was refurbished in 2018, at a cost of £350,000. The refurbishment project involved the…
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- Coordinates
- 54.9761, -1.4417
- District
- South Tyneside
- Parish
- South Tyneside, unparished area
- Postcode
- NE34 0AG
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Shields
- Established
- 1984
- Official site
- www.whatdotheyknow.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q7860483 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Tyne Dock Metro station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Tyne Dock?
- Tyne Dock is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode NE34 0AG), in the parish of South Tyneside, unparished area.
- When was Tyne Dock built?
- Built or established in 1984.
- Is Tyne Dock free to visit?
- Yes, Tyne Dock is free to enter.
- How do I get to Tyne Dock?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NE34 0AG. It sits within the South Shields parliamentary constituency.