Fawdon Metro station
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English: Fawdon 55°00′49″N 1°38′38″W / 55.0136°N 1.644°W is a station on the Green Line of the Tyne and Wear Metro, serving the Fawdon area of northern Newcastle.
Opened | New or converted |
Number of platforms | Track alignment | Tyne & Wear metropolitan borough |
10 May 1981 | New | 2 | E-W | Newcastle upon Tyne |
Layout | ||||
Two side platforms at ground level, staggered 125' west and 75' east of a level crossing for Fawdon Lane (north platform to the west), with a platform level station building at the east end of the north platform, and a ground level station building in between the crossing and the west end of the south platform | ||||
Platform no. and position |
Direction of travel |
Previous stop |
Route | Next stop |
Platform 1 North |
Eastbound | Kingston Park | Green Line to South Hylton (stop 05 of 31) | Wansbeck Road |
Platform 2 South |
Westbound | Wansbeck Road | Green Line to Airport (stop 27 of 31) | Kingston Park |
Notes | ||||
None | ||||
Station buildings | ||||
Two simple rectangular structures in the original style, 20' by 15' (west) and 25' by 10' (east) | ||||
Access | ||||
Car park outside the north platform, footpaths from the crossing to both platforms | ||||
Protection from the elements | ||||
Station building and a standalone 35' platform shelter on the east platform, 60' platform shelter attached to the front of the west platform station building | ||||
Interchanges | ||||
None |
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The view south east from Platform 1 across the Fawdon Lane level crossing to an approaching train leaving Platform 2 bound for Bank Foot (the terminus at that time)
15 July 1981 -
The view south west from Platform 1 across the tracks to storage tanks at the north east corner of the Nestlé Rowntree factory on Rowan Drive
2 January 2010 -
The Platform 2 shelter
9 May 2007