South Shields Metro station is the main Tyne and Wear Metro

Tyne and Wear Metro

The Tyne and Wear Metro, also known as the Metro, is a light rail system in North East England, serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside and Sunderland. It opened in 1980 and in 2007–2008 provided 40 million public journeys on its network of nearly...

 station for South Shields

South Shields

South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne to Tyne Dock, and about downstream from Newcastle upon Tyne...

, England. In 2008-9 the station was used by over 1 million passengers. The station is located on a bridge above King Street, the main shopping street in South Shields Town Centre. The Metro station is located just a few hundred metres down the line from the former South Shields railway station

South Shields railway station

South Shields railway station was the main railway station for South Shields, in Tyne and Wear, North-East England. The station was located on Mile End Road in the town centre. The station was closed and replaced by South Shields Metro station in the 1980s...

, which it replaced. The station includes a newsagent and a sandwich bar (the latter formerly a Nexus

Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive

The Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive using the brandname of Nexus, is the Passenger Transport Executive for the Tyne and Wear region of North East England....

 Travel Centre) at ground level.

The station can be accessed via the main concourse by either lift or stairs from King Street or Kepple Street Bus Station. The station can also be accessed via the Mile End Road concourse (on the site of the BR station) by ramp.

The original two-platform South Shileds railway station closed on 1 June 1981, when the line was closed for conversion to Metro standards. However, the Grade II-listed station building (but not the overall roof or any other part of the platform area) survived for many years, housing a newsagent and a barber (and still retaining a BR corporate-style "Barber" sign), but has since been demolished.

The Metro line continues beyond the station and through the site of the BR station to some engineering sidings.

The new Metro station was opened on 24 March 1984 and completed the initial Tyne and Wear Metro system. It was originally the terminus of the Green line (from Bank Foot and later Airport

Airport

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), but is now the terminus of the Yellow line.

List of bus services

The following are the bus services currently using South Shields Interchange, correct to 1 August 2011.

Route	To	Via	Operator	Route brand
5	Jarrow	Chichester, South Tyneside Hospital, Boldon and Fellgate	Go North East Go North East Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland...
10	Jarrow	Harton Nook, South Tyneside Hospital and Biddick Hall	Stagecoach South Shields
12	The Lonnen	Tyne Dock, South Tyneside Hosptial and Harton Nook	Stagecoach South Shields
	South Shields, Mile End Road
12A	Watson Avenue	Tyne Dock, South Tyneside Hospital and Harton Nook	Stagecoach South Shields
	South Shields, Mile End Road
Note - Saturday journeys terminate at Harton Nook.
18A	Jarrow	Chichester, West Harton and Brockley Whins	Stagecoach South Shields
27	Newcastle, Market Street	Chichester, Tyne Dock, Jarrow, Hebburn, Monkton Lane, Heworth and Gateshead	Go North East Go North East Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland...	"The Crusader"
30	Boldon ASDA	Westoe, Cleadon and East Boldon	Stagecoach in South Shields Stagecoach North East Stagecoach North East is a major operator of bus services in North East England. It is a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group. The company is made up of two formerly municipal operations; Busways and Transit...
Note - Sunday journeys continue to Boldon Cineworld.
35	Rainton Bridge	Cleadon, Sunderland, Royal Hospital, Silksworth and Houghton-le-Spring	Go North East Go North East Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland...	"The Laser"
Note - Alternate Monday to Saturday evening journeys continue to Low Moorsley or South Hetton. Also 1 journey per hour on Sunday continues to South Hetton.
50	Durham	Concord, Washington, Chester-le-Street, Waldridge Park and University Hospital	Go North East Go North East Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland...	"Whey-Aye Five 0"
50A	Chester-le-Street	Waterview Park, Concord, Washington and Rickleton	Go North East Go North East Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland...	"Whey-Aye Five 0"
Note - Service 50A operates Monday to Saturday evenings and Sunday. Sunday daytime journeys continue to Durham.
88	Lukes Lane Estate	Chichester, District Hospital, Jarrow, Hebburn, Harleyburn Estate and Monkton Lane	Go North East Go North East Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland...	"South Tyne"
88A	Lukes Lane Estate	Chichester, District Hospital, Jarrow, Hebburn and Campbell Park Road	Go North East Go North East Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland...	"South Tyne"
516	South Tyneside Hospital	Pier Head, Marsden and Harton Nook	Go North East Go North East Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland...
961	Waterview Park	Chichester, Simonside and Fellgate	Kingsley Coaches
E1	Sunderland, Park Lane	Pier Head, Marsden and Seaburn	Stagecoach South Shields
E2	Sunderland, Park Lane	Chichester, Marsden and Fulwell Grange	Stagecoach South Shields
E6	Sunderland, Park Lane	Chichester, Marsden and Roker	Stagecoach South Shields
TB503	Low Simonside	Laygate, Chichester and Simonside	Eurocab Minibuses
TB504	Horsley Hill Square	Chichester, Tyne Dock and South Tyneside Hospital	Eurocab Minibuses
X20	Fellgate	Chichester, Tyne Dock and Simonside	Stagecoach South Shields

South Shields circular services

Route	Serving	Operator
1	South Shields - Horsley Hill - Whiteleas - Biddick Hall - West Harton - Chichester - South Shields	Stagecoach South Shields
2	South Shields - Chichester - West Harton - Biddick Hall - Whiteleas - Horsley Hill - South Shields	Stagecoach South Shields
Note - Service 1/2 operate Saturday and Sunday morning only.
3	South Shields - Chichester - West Harton - Whiteleas - Biddick Hall - Harton Nook - Westoe - South Shields	Stagecoach South Shields
4	South Shields - Westoe - Harton Nook - Biddick Hall - Whiteleas - West Harton - Chichester - South Shields	Stagecoach South Shields
7	South Shields - Chichester - Harton Nook - Marsden - Horsley Hill - Westoe - South Shields	Stagecoach South Shields
8	South Shields - Westoe - Horsley Hill - Marsden - Harton Nook - Chichester - South Shields	Stagecoach South Shields
17	South Shields - Chichester - West Harton - Whiteleas - West Harton - Chichester - South Shields	Stagecoach South Shields
18	South Shields - Westoe - Chichester - West Harton - Brockley Whins - West Harton - Chichester - Westoe - South Shields	Stagecoach South Shields

External links

• Train times and station information for South Shields Metro station from Nexus
  Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive
  The Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive using the brandname of Nexus, is the Passenger Transport Executive for the Tyne and Wear region of North East England....