Simonside Metro station

Simonside Metro station

Simonside Metro station is the name of a Tyne and Wear Metro station in South Tyneside, England, which opened on 17 March 2008. Costing GB£3 million [cite press release |url=http://www.nexus.org.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Nexus/Nexus/News/News+archive/2006/Nexus+News+-+Simonside |title=Green Light for Simonside Metro station |publisher=Nexus | date=2005-12-12 |accessdate=2007-01-26] it is the 60th station on the network.

The decision to construct a new Metro station here was not universally welcomed by all local residents, with some worried it would lead to an increase in both crime and local road traffic [cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/4307528.stm | title=Concern over Metro station plan | publisher=BBC News | date=2005-10-04 |accessdate=2007-01-26] .

References

External links

* [http://www.nexus.org.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Nexus/Metro/Timetables/Metro+-+Timetable+-+Simonside+Metro+Station Train times] and [http://www.nexus.org.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Nexus/Metro/Station+information/Metro+Station+-+Simonside station information] for PAGENAME from Nexus
* [http://www.nexus.org.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Nexus/Nexus/Major+projects/Current/About+us+-+Current+Project+-+Simonside+Metro Nexus webpage on the new station] inlcudes an artist's impression
* [http://www.nexus.org.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Nexus/Nexus/News/News+archive/2006/Nexus+news+-+Preliminary+work+to+start+on+new+Metro+station+on+South+Tyneside Nexus press release] announcing the start of construction work


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