Fawdon | |||||||||||
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Tyne and Wear Metro station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Fawdon Newcastle upon Tyne England | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 55°00′49″N 1°38′38″W / 55.0136257°N 1.6440091°W | ||||||||||
Grid reference | NZ228688 | ||||||||||
Transit authority | Tyne and Wear PTE | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Accessible | Step-free access to platform | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | FAW | ||||||||||
Fare zone | B | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Original company | Tyne and Wear Metro | ||||||||||
Key dates | |||||||||||
10 May 1981 | Opened | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2017/18 | 0.33 million[1] | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Fawdon is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the suburbs of Fawdon and Kenton, Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England. It was opened in 1981, adjacent to the level crossing carrying Fawdon Lane across the railway and with staggered platforms on either side of the level crossing.