East Boldon Metro station

East Boldon
Tyne and Wear Metro
View of East Boldon station from the front of an approaching train.
Location
Place	East Boldon
Local authority	South Tyneside
Fare zone information
Network One zone	3 & 4
Metro zone	B
Original (1979) zone	47
Station code	EBO
History
Original company	Brandling Junction Railway[1]
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
19 June 1839	Open as Cleadon Lane[1]
1 October 1989	Renamed as East Boldon[1][2]
Metro since	31 March 2002
List of stations

East Boldon Metro station serves the East Boldon area of South Tyneside, England. It is on the Green line of the Tyne and Wear Metro, and opened in 2002 as part of the extension of the system to Sunderland. Previously it was a railway station, part of the National Rail network. Northern trains still travel through the station but do not stop there, while there are also freight trains and empty stock workings for Grand Central.

It is one of the busiest suburban stations on the system, being popular with commuters travelling to Newcastle and Sunderland. Over 700,000 passengers a year use the station.^[3]

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995), page 63
2. Butt (1995), page 87
3. Nexus (2013). "New Parking Spaces at East Boldon". Nexus. Retrieved 11 January 2013.

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.

External links

• Train times and station information for East Boldon Metro station from Nexus

Coordinates: 54°56′47″N 1°25′13″W / 54.9464°N 1.4202°W