- Dunston railway station
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Dunston 
Dunston railway station, viewed from a GNER service diverted onto the Tyne Valley Line in October 2005 Location Place Dunston Local authority Gateshead Operations Station code DOT Managed by Northern Rail Number of platforms 2 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2004/05 * 82 2005/06 * 
1312006/07 * 1,8872007/08 * 2,9312008/09 * 
2,8962009/10 * 2,312Passenger Transport Executive PTE Tyne and Wear (Nexus) Zone 25 History Opened October 1982 National Rail - UK railway stations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dunston from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. Dunston railway station serves Dunston, an area of Gateshead, in Tyne and Wear, northern England. It is located on the Tyne Valley Line which runs from Newcastle upon Tyne to Carlisle.
The station first opened on 1 January 1909. It was originally known as Dunston-on-Tyne, and served as the terminus of a shuttle service from Newcastle. This service ended on 4 May 1926, and the station was closed. It was very briefly brought back into use for special evacuation trains during World War II, but remained closed throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.
From 4 October 1982, Tyne Valley Line passenger trains were routed via Dunston due to the closure of Scotswood Bridge, and Dunston station was officially re-opened on 1 October 1984. Initially, most Tyne Valley services called at Dunston, but this service frequency was later reduced due to low passenger numbers, particularly after the opening of MetroCentre railway station on 3 August 1987.
Currently, between Monday and Saturday, four services each day call at Dunston; two to Newcastle (one of these continues to Nunthorpe via Sunderland and Middlesbrough) and two to the Metro Centre (one of which continue to Hexham). No services call here on Sundays.
Passenger services are provided by Northern Rail, which also manages the station.
External links
- Train times and station information for Dunston railway station from National Rail
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station Newcastle Northern Rail
Tyne Valley Line
Mondays-Saturdays onlyMetroCentre Coordinates: 54°56′59″N 1°38′29″W / 54.94972°N 1.64139°W
East Coast Main Line (London Kings Cross) → → Birtley (closed) • Lamesley (closed) • Low Fell (closed) • Bensham (closed) • Newcastle Central • Manors • Heaton (closed) • Forest Hall (closed) • Killingworth (closed) • Annitsford (closed) → →(Edinburgh Waverley)Durham Coast Line Tyne Valley Line Former railway linesBlyth and Tyne Railway Backworth • Benton • Cullercoats • Gosforth • Holywell • Jesmond • Moor Edge • New Bridge Street • North Shields • Percy Main • Prospect Hill • Tynemouth • Whitley BayDerwent Valley Railway Swalwell • Rowlands Gill → → (Blackhill)Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
(Original route)North Wylam loop Lemington • Newburn • Heddon on the Wall • North WylamPonteland Light Railway Gosforth • West Gosforth • Coxlodge • Kenton • Callerton → → (Ponteland)Riverside branch Byker • St Peter's (Tyneside) • St Anthony's • Walker • Carville • Point Pleasant • Willington QuayTanfield Railway Sunniside → → (East Tanfield)Metro (converted stations) Benton • Brockley Whins • Cullercoats • East Boldon • Felling • Hebburn • Howdon • Jarrow • Longbenton • Monkseaton • North Shields • Percy Main • Seaburn • South Gosforth • Sunderland • Tynemouth • Walkergate • Wallsend • West Jesmond • West Monkseaton • Whitley Bay •Metro (purpose built stations) Airport • Bank Foot • Bede • Byker • Callerton Parkway • Central Station • Chichester • Chillingham Road • Fawdon • Fellgate • Four Lane Ends • Gateshead • Gateshead Stadium • Hadrian Road • Haymarket • Heworth • Ilford Road • Jesmond Metro station • Kingston Park • Manors • Meadow Well • Millfield • Monument • Northumberland Park • Pallion • Palmersville • Park Lane • Pelaw • Regent Centre • Simonside • St James • St Peter's (Wearside) • Shiremoor • South Hylton • South Shields • Stadium of Light • Tyne Dock • University (Sunderland) • Wansbeck Road •Categories:- Railway stations in Tyne and Wear
- Former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations
- Railway stations opened in 1909
- Railway stations closed in 1918
- Railway stations opened in 1919
- Railway stations closed in 1926
- Railway stations opened in 1984
- Railway stations served by Northern Rail
- DfT Category F2 stations
- Tyne and Wear building and structure stubs
- North East England railway station stubs
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