Pelaw Metro station

Pelaw Metro station serves the Pelaw area of Gateshead, England. Situated on the Tyne and Wear Metro system, it is at the point where the Yellow and Green lines diverge, with the former continuing to South Shields and the latter over tracks shared with mainline trains to Sunderland and then onwards to South Hylton. Prior to the opening of the Sunderland extension in 2002, this was the terminus of the Yellow line and it is still used as a reversing point for several services, during peak times, with trains unloading at the station and running empty into sidings at the east end of the platform.

The present station was added to the Metro in 1985, one year after the South Shields line opened; the previous Yellow line terminus had been Heworth. Pelaw is located to the south of the site of an original station dating from 18 November 1896. In 2006, the station was rebuilt with a new entrance section and waiting room more appropriate to its position as the transfer station between the Sunderland and South Shields branches.

A minibus stop is located across the bridge that routes through the Wardley estate throughout the day.

External links

* [http://www.nexus.org.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Nexus/Metro/Timetables/Metro+-+Timetable+-+Pelaw+Metro+Station Train times] and [http://www.nexus.org.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Nexus/Metro/Station+information/Metro+Station+-+Pelaw station information] for PAGENAME from Nexus