Bede Metro station
metro station in Tyne & Wear
English: Bede 54°58′27″N 1°27′56″W / 54.9742°N 1.4656°W is a station on the Yellow Line of the Tyne and Wear Metro, serving the Bede industrial estate east of the town of Jarrow. Both are named after the English monk, the Venerable Bede.
| Opened | New or converted |
Number of platforms | Track alignment | Tyne & Wear metropolitan borough |
| 24 March 1984 | New | 2 | WNW-ESE | South Tyneside |
| Layout | ||||
| Two side platforms on an embankment, staggered 25' either side of a bridge over Monksway road (north platform to the west), with platform level station buildings at their inner ends | ||||
| Platform no. and position |
Direction of travel |
Previous stop |
Route | Next stop |
| Platform 1 North |
Eastbound | Jarrow | Yellow Line to South Shields (stop 38 of 42) | Simonside |
| Platform 2 South |
Westbound | Simonside | Yellow Line to St James (stop 05 of 42) | Jarrow |
| Notes | ||||
| None | ||||
| Station buildings | ||||
| Two simple square structures in the original style, both 20' by 20' | ||||
| Access | ||||
| Steps & ramps up from Monksway | ||||
| Protection from the elements | ||||
| 60' platform shelters attached to the front of both station buildings | ||||
| Interchanges | ||||
| None | ||||
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The view from the platform into one of the station buildings
9 May 2007
