Brockley Whins Metro station
- Brockley Whins Metro station
Brockley Whins Metro station is on the Tyne and Wear Metro Green Line. It serves the Brockley Whins area of South Tyneside, England.
The station was formerly served by mainline services between Sunderland and Newcastle Central station but was taken over by the Metro as part of the extension to Sunderland and South Hylton in 2002. Today the services operated by the current franchise holder Northern Rail pass through the station but do not stop.
The original Brockley Whins station, on the Brandling Junction railway, only had a platform on the down line (towards Newcastle). This meant trains towards Sunderland had to cross over onto the opposite track to allow passengers to board and alight. This single line working arrangement resulted in an accident causing five deaths on 6 December 1870 and the building of a second platform originally some distance south from the other, as well as changes to the law.Fact|date=February 2007
For a time, the station was known as Boldon Colliery, but later reverted to its original name.
External links
* [http://www.nexus.org.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Nexus/Metro/Timetables/Metro+-+Timetable+-+Brockley+Whins+Metro+Station Train times] and [http://www.nexus.org.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Nexus/Metro/Station+information/Metro+Station+-+Brockley+Whins station information] for PAGENAME from Nexus
References
*Report of the Board of Trade enquiry into the [http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/BoT_Brockley1870.pdf 1870 accident] .
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