East Boldon | |||||||||||
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Tyne and Wear Metro station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | East Boldon, South Tyneside England | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 54°56′47″N 1°25′13″W / 54.9463450°N 1.4201545°W | ||||||||||
Grid reference | NZ372614 | ||||||||||
Transit authority | Tyne and Wear PTE | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Parking | 58 spaces | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities |
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Accessible | Step-free access to platform | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | EBL | ||||||||||
Fare zone | B | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Original company | Brandling Junction Railway | ||||||||||
Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway | ||||||||||
Post-grouping | |||||||||||
Key dates | |||||||||||
19 June 1839 | Opened as Cleadon Lane | ||||||||||
1 October 1898 | Renamed East Boldon | ||||||||||
31 March 2002 | Joined the Tyne and Wear Metro network | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2017/18 | 0.32 million[1] | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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East Boldon is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the villages of Cleadon and East Boldon, South Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the network on 31 March 2002, following the opening of the extension from Pelaw to South Hylton.