South Hylton | |||||||||||
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Tyne and Wear Metro station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | South Hylton, City of Sunderland England | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 54°54′15″N 1°26′52″W / 54.9042608°N 1.4477521°W | ||||||||||
Grid reference | NZ354567 | ||||||||||
Transit authority | Tyne and Wear PTE | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Parking | 24 spaces | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | 5 cycle pods | ||||||||||
Accessible | Step-free access to platform | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | SHL | ||||||||||
Fare zone | C | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Original company | York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway | ||||||||||
Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway | ||||||||||
Post-grouping | |||||||||||
Key dates | |||||||||||
1 June 1853 | Opened as Hylton | ||||||||||
4 May 1964 | Closed | ||||||||||
31 March 2002 | Resited and reopened as South Hylton | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2017/18 | 0.26 million[1] | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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South Hylton is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the suburbs of Pennywell and South Hylton, City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, North East England. It joined the network as a terminus station on 31 March 2002, following the opening of the extension from Pelaw to South Hylton.