Stadium of Light is a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro, serving Monkwearmouth and Roker, and the Stadium of Light in Sunderland. The station joined the network in March 2002, following the opening of the extension from Pelaw to South Hylton. The station is named after the nearby Stadium of Light, the home stadium of Sunderland A.F.C., which is located about 700 metres south west of the station. Despite the station's name, the nearby station at St. Peter's is located closer to the stadium. In July 2017, the station was decorated in red and white stripes, the colours of Sunderland A.F.C., to celebrate 20 years of the Stadium of Light. The station was used by 264,035 passengers in 2017–18, making it the seventh-most-used station on the Wearside extension.
Facilities
Step-free access is available at all stations across the Tyne and WearMetro network, with ramped access to both platforms at Stadium of Light. 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 pay and displaycar parking available at the station, with 182 spaces, plus 12 accessible spaces. There is also the provision for cycle parking, with 5 cycle pods available for use.
Stadium of Light is served by the, which operates between South Hylton and Airport, with an end-to-end journey time of 64 minutes. The station is also bypassed by Northern Trains services operating along the Durham Coast Line between Newcastle and Middlesbrough. Services from platform 1 operate towards South Hylton, with the first train departing at 05:42. Services from platform 2 operate towards Airport, with the first train departing at 05:53. 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 Stadium of Light are:
