Dunston railway station

Dunston
Dunston railway station, viewed from a GNER service diverted onto the Tyne Valley Line in October 2005
Location
Place	Dunston
Local authority	Gateshead
Operations
Station code	DOT
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	82
2005/06 *	131
2006/07 *	1,887
2007/08 *	2,931
2008/09 *	2,896
2009/10 *	2,312
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Tyne and Wear (Nexus)
Zone	25
History
Opened October 1982 (October 1982)
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dunston from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

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.

The station first opened on 1 January 1909. 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, 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, and Dunston station was officially re-opened 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.

Currently, between Monday and Saturday, four services each day call at Dunston; two to Newcastle (one of these continues to Nunthorpe via Sunderland and Middlesbrough) and two to the Metro Centre (one of which continue to Hexham). No services call here on Sundays.

Passenger services are provided by Northern Rail, which also manages the station.

External links

• Train times and station information for Dunston railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Newcastle		Northern Rail Tyne Valley Line Mondays-Saturdays only		MetroCentre