Chichester Metro station

English: Chichester 54.9865°N 1.432°W / 54.9865; -1.432 (Chichester Metro station) is a station on the Yellow Line of the Tyne and Wear Metro, serving the Chichester area of South Shields.

Opened	New or converted	Number of platforms	Track alignment	Tyne & Wear metropolitan borough
24 March 1984	New	2	N-S	South Tyneside
Layout
Two side platforms in a cutting, with the station building built over the southern half
Platform no. and position	Direction of travel M	Previous stop	Route	Next stop
Platform 1 West	Northbound	Tyne Dock	Yellow Line to South Shields (stop 41 of 42)	South Shields
Platform 2 East	Southbound	South Shields	Yellow Line to St James (stop 02 of 42)	Tyne Dock
Notes
* M - these are compass headings, which in this station's case do not correspond to the directions diagrammatically indicated on the official Metro route map archive copy at the Wayback Machine - Northbound is Eastbound & Southbound is Westbound on the Metro map
Station buildings
A rectangular station hall in the original style (black/white), 90' by 60'
Access
Ground level access via an opening in the southern side of the station building, from the roads Beaufront Terrace and Laygate on the east and west sides respectively; then internal access to platform levels
Protection from the elements
Station building underside
Interchanges
bus

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  The view north along Platform 2, as a northbound train leaves Platform 1
  5 April 2012
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  Looking west from Platform 2 to where the station building descends to Platform 1 level
  9 May 2007