Brockley Whins Metro station
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English: Brockley Whins 54°57′34″N 1°27′39″W / 54.9595°N 1.4609°W is a station on the Green Line of the Tyne and Wear Metro, serving Brockley Whins.
Opened | New or converted |
Number of platforms | Track alignment | Tyne & Wear metropolitan borough |
31 March 2002 | Converted | 2 | E-W | South Tyneside |
Layout | ||||
Two side platforms in a railway junction cutting (with a single track spur branching north from a junction west of the platforms), with platform level station buildings in the western half | ||||
Platform no. and position |
Direction of travel |
Previous stop |
Route | Next stop |
Platform 1 North |
Eastbound | Fellgate | Green Line to South Hylton (stop 21 of 31) | East Boldon |
Platform 2 South |
Westbound | East Boldon | Green Line to Airport (stop 11 of 31) | Fellgate |
Notes | ||||
None | ||||
Station buildings | ||||
Two simple rectangular structures in the 2002 brick style, both 15' by 10' | ||||
Access | ||||
Ramps down to the south platform from a turning circle forming the western end of Station Road; footpaths south to the River Don; platforms connected via ramp (north) / track (south) up to a footbridge beyond the east end of the platforms (which also continues north over the spur track to the southern end of Brisbane Avenue); | ||||
Protection from the elements | ||||
35' platform shelters attached to the front of both station buildings | ||||
Interchanges | ||||
None |
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The view from the front of Metrocar No. 4089 as it approaches Platform 1, en route to South Hylton
10 October 2005 -
The view north east through the Platform 2 station building and across the tracks, with the Platform 1 building on the left
21 November 2012 -
The view east along Platform 2 as a train for South Hylton departs Platform 1
21 November 2012