Dunston railway station
Dunston  | |
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Dunston railway station, viewed from a GNER service diverted onto the Tyne Valley Line in October 2005 | |
| Location | |
| Place | Dunston |
| Local authority | Gateshead |
| Grid reference | NZ230617 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | DOT |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2010/11 |
 2,248 |
| 2011/12 |
 2,664 |
| 2012/13 |
2,164 |
| 2013/14 |
2,336 |
| 2014/15 |
4,904 |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Tyne and Wear (Nexus) |
| Zone | TWO |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1 October 1984 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dunston from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Dunston railway station serves Dunston, an area of Gateshead, in Tyne and Wear, northern England. It is located on the Tyne Valley Line which runs from Newcastle upon Tyne to Carlisle. Passenger services are provided by Northern, which also manages the station.
The station first opened on 1 January 1909 and was situated on a section of line built by the NER to link the lines over newly commissioned King Edward VII Bridge with the original 1837 Newcastle and Carlisle Railway freight route to Redheugh Goods and the Dunston coal staithes.[1] It was originally known as Dunston-on-Tyne, and served as the terminus of a shuttle service from Newcastle. This service ended on 4 May 1926 (as a result of the General Strike of 1926) and the station was closed. It was very briefly brought back into use for special evacuation trains during World War II, but remained closed throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.
From 4 October 1982, Tyne Valley Line passenger trains were routed via Dunston due to the closure of Scotswood Bridge,[2] and Dunston station was officially re-opened by British Rail on 1 October 1984. Initially, most Tyne Valley services called at Dunston, but this service frequency was later reduced due to low passenger numbers, particularly after the opening of MetroCentre railway station on 3 August 1987.
Current services
Up until December 2013 on Mondays to Saturdays, four services each day called at Dunston; two to Newcastle (one of these continued to Nunthorpe via Sunderland and Middlesbrough) and two to the MetroCentre (one of which continues to Hexham).[3]
No services called here on Sundays.
The December 2013 timetable change has seen significant improvements, with an hourly service in each direction (including Sundays) provided by the Newcastle to MetroCentre shuttle. A limited number of weekday & Saturday Hexham trains also now stop here.[4] This gives the station its best service level since the late 1980s.
References
- ↑ Railway Bridges Around Newcastle www.lner.info; Retrieved 2013-10-03
- ↑ Body, G: Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 2, 1988, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Wellingborough, ISBN 1-85260-072-1, p.133
- ↑ GB National Rail Timetable May - December 2013, Table 48
- ↑ GB National Rail Timetable December 2015 - May 2016, Table 48
External links
- Train times and station information for Dunston railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Newcastle | Northern Tyne Valley Line |
MetroCentre | ||
Coordinates: 54°56′59″N 1°38′29″W / 54.94972°N 1.64139°W