Howdon | |||||||||||
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Tyne and Wear Metro station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Howdon, North Tyneside England | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 54°59′45″N 1°29′39″W / 54.9959066°N 1.4941598°W | ||||||||||
Grid reference | NZ324669 | ||||||||||
Transit authority | Tyne and Wear PTE | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | 5 cycle pods | ||||||||||
Accessible | Step-free access to platform | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | HOW | ||||||||||
Fare zone | B | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Original company | Newcastle and North Shields Railway | ||||||||||
Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway | ||||||||||
Post-grouping | |||||||||||
Key dates | |||||||||||
18 June 1839 | Opened as Howdon | ||||||||||
1 December 1875 | Renamed Howdon-on-Tyne | ||||||||||
11 August 1980 | Closed for conversion | ||||||||||
14 November 1982 | Reopened as Howdon | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2017/18 | 0.38 million[1] | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Howdon is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the suburb of Howdon, North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the network on 14 November 1982, following the opening of the fourth phase of the network, between Tynemouth and St James via Wallsend.