Heworth Interchange

Heworth
Tyne and Wear Metro
Location
Place	Heworth, Tyne and Wear
Local authority	Gateshead
Fare zone information
Network One zone	2
Metro zone	B
Original (1979) zone	36
Station code	HEW
Operations
Platforms	2
History
Opened	5 November 1979
Metro since	15 November 1981
Distance from Datum
OUT Distance	9.283
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Heworth
Location
Place	Heworth
Local authority	Gateshead
Coordinates	54°57′06″N 1°33′21″W / 54.9516°N 1.5558°WCoordinates: 54°57′06″N 1°33′21″W / 54.9516°N 1.5558°W
Grid reference	NZ285619
Operations
Station code	HEW
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	24,071
2005/06	23,286
2006/07	15,379
2007/08	15,785
2008/09	16,022
2009/10	18,054
2010/11	16,892
2011/12	16,812
2012/13	15,318
2013/14	16,622
2014/15	15,432
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Tyne and Wear (Nexus)
History
Original company	British Rail
5 November 1979	Station opened
15 November 1981	Metro services commenced
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Heworth from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Heworth Interchange serves the Heworth area of Gateshead, England. There is a station here on the Yellow and the Green Lines of the Tyne and Wear Metro as well as one on the Carlisle to Middlesbrough rail line operated by Northern Rail.

Overview

Heworth opened in 1981 as the terminus of the Tyne and Wear Metro. In 1984, the line extended eastwards to South Shields. The railway station had opened on 5 November 1979, with the closure of Felling and Pelaw railway stations.^[1] Prior to that, BR passenger trains had run on the southern pair of tracks, now used by Metro services, and for a short period they ran through the completed Metro platforms. For much of the time Heworth was a Metro terminus, trains reversed in the platforms, using the crossovers west of the station in passenger service. Reversals later took place at the new sidings at Pelaw once they had been completed.

Above the four platforms there is a bus station. The services that operate there are mainly operated by Go North East.

This interchange provides connections from the Tyne and Wear Metro to South Tyneside, Sunderland and Washington as well as other areas of Gateshead.

Gallery

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  Heworth Bus Interchange

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  Heworth Bus Interchange

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  Looking to Heworth bus and Metro stations from the roundabout

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  Heworth Metro station in May 1983

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  Outside Heworth Metro station in May 1983

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  Ticket barriers in May 1983

References

1. "Disused Stations - Felling (2nd site)" Disused Stations; Retrieved 2014-04-09

External links

• Train times and station information for Heworth Interchange from National Rail