Shiremoor Metro station


Shiremoor is a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro, serving Shiremoor in North Tyneside. The station joined the network in August 1980, following the opening of the line between Haymarket and Tynemouth – the first stage of the network to open.
Unlike neighbouring West Monkseaton, a converted British Rail station, Shiremoor was purpose-built for the Tyne and Wear Metro network in the late 1970s. The station opened as a replacement for the former Backworth station, which closed to passengers in June 1977.
The station was used by 328,031 passengers in 2017–18.

Facilities

Step-free access is available at all stations across the Tyne and Wear Metro network, with ramped access to both platforms. 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 20 spaces. There is also the provision for cycle parking, with 4 cycle pods available for use.

Service and frequency

Shiremoor 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 05:47. Services from platform 2 operate towards St. James via Whitley Bay, with the first train departing at 05:17. 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.
Additional trains run during morning and evening peak hours between Pelaw and Monkseaton. This provides up to 10 trains per hour through the station at peak times.
Journey times from Shiremoor are: