Heworth Interchange

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General information
Location	Gateshead
Managed by	Northern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	HEW
History
Original company	British Rail
Key dates
5 November 1979	Station opened
15 November 1981	Metro services commenced

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.

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. 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

External links

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