South Gosforth | ||||||||||||||||
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Tyne and Wear Metro station | ||||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne England | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 55°00′21″N 1°36′30″W / 55.0057849°N 1.6083021°W | |||||||||||||||
Grid reference | NZ251679 | |||||||||||||||
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 | SGF | |||||||||||||||
Fare zone | A and B | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Original company | Blyth and Tyne Railway | |||||||||||||||
Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway | |||||||||||||||
Post-grouping | ||||||||||||||||
Key dates | ||||||||||||||||
27 June 1864 | Opened as Gosforth | |||||||||||||||
1 March 1905 | Renamed South Gosforth | |||||||||||||||
23 January 1978 | Closed for conversion | |||||||||||||||
11 August 1980 | Reopened | |||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
2017/18 | 1.60 million[1] | |||||||||||||||
Services | ||||||||||||||||
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South Gosforth is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, and former British Rail station, serving the suburb of Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England. It originally opened on 27 June 1864 , as part of the Blyth and Tyne Railway, and became part of the Tyne and Wear Metro on 11 August 1980.