Jarrow is a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro, serving Jarrow in South Tyneside. The station joined the network in March 1984, following the opening of the line between Heworth and South Shields. The station is situated on the site of the former Jarrow station, which opened in 1872 under the North Eastern Railway. Following closure for conversion in the early 1980s, the station was demolished and re-built. Vince Rea's Jarrow March sculpture was commissioned for the station in 1984, to commemorate the 207 people who, in 1936, walked from Tyneside to London to protest about the lack of jobs in the area. Jarrow is situated on a single line section of track, but has a long passing loop for Tyne and Wear Metro services, and therefore two platforms. On the north side of the station is a single-track line used by freight services. In March 2020, the Government announced a £103 million scheme, known as Metro Flow, during the 2020 Budget. From September 2022, the project will see three sections of single line between Pelaw and Bede converted to dual use, with the existing freight-only line electrified, and re-designed to operate using a similar system to the shared line between Pelaw and Sunderland. The station was used by 440,153 passengers in 2017–18, making it the third-most-used station on the South Shields branch, after Pelaw and South Shields.
Facilities
Step-free access is available at all stations across the Tyne and Wear Metro network, with ramps providing step-free access to both platforms at Jarrow. The station is equipped with ticket machines, waiting shelter, seating, next train information displays, timetable posters, and an emergency help point on both platforms. Ticket machines are able to accept payment with credit and debit card, notes and coins. The station is also fitted with smartcard validators, which feature at all stations across the network. There is a small free car park available at the station, with 23 spaces, plus 2 accessible spaces. There is also the provision for cycle parking, with 5 cycle lockers and 6 cycle pods available for use.
Service and frequency
Jarrow is served by the, which operates between South Shields and St. James with an end-to-end journey time of 83 minutes. Services from platform 1 operate towards South Shields, with the first train departing at 05:27. Services from platform 2 operate towards St. James via Whitley Bay, with the first train departing at 05:54. Trains run frequently across the network, at intervals of up to every 12 minutes, and every 15 minutes, with the last trains departing at around midnight. Journey times from Jarrow are:
Jarrow Bus Station is located adjacent to the Tyne and Wear Metro station. It is served by Go North East and Stagecoach North East's local bus services, with frequent routes serving South Tyneside and Sunderland. The bus station has five departure stands, each of which is fitted with a waiting shelter, seating, next bus information displays, and timetable posters. The bus station was refurbished in 2014 – at a cost of £120,000. As of June 2020, the stand allocation is:
