North Shields Metro station

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North Shields
North Shields station from the front window of a Metro train.
Location
Place	North Shields
Local authority	North Tyneside
Fare zone information
Network Zone	29
Metro Zone	C
History
Opened	1890
Metro since	14 November 1982
Tyne and Wear Metro List of Tyne and Wear Metro stations

North Shields Metro Station is on the Tyne and Wear Metro Yellow line.

It was formerly the terminus of the now defunct Blue line.

North Shields was also the terminus of the Newcastle & North Shields Railway opened in 1839.

[edit] Ticketing anomalies

Different zonal fare systems are used for Metro single tickets and inter-modal Transfare tickets, which means that for a number of journeys a Transfare may actually be cheaper than a standard Metro-only ticket.

Station	Network Zone	Metro Zone
Byker	27	A
Chillingham Road	27	A

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for North Shields Metro station from Nexus

• North Shields Metro station is at coordinates 55°00′31″N 1°26′54″W / 55.0085, -1.4482 (North Shields Metro station)Coordinates: 55°00′31″N 1°26′54″W / 55.0085, -1.4482 (North Shields Metro station)

Preceding station		Tyne and Wear Metro		Following station
Meadow Well toward St James		Yellow line		Tynemouth toward South Shields via the Coast