Bede Metro station

Bede is a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro, serving Jarrow in South Tyneside. The station joined the network in March 1984, following the opening of the line between Heworth and South Shields. The station is named after the Venerable Bede – a monk who established the nearby St. Paul's Monastery during the seventh century.

Bede
Tyne and Wear Metro station
LocationJarrow, South Tyneside
England
Coordinates54°58′27″N 1°27′56″W
Grid referenceNZ343645
Transit authorityTyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Bicycle facilities2 cycle pods
Disabled accessStep-free access to platform level
Other information
Station codeBDE
Fare zoneB and C
History
Original companyTyne and Wear Metro
Key dates
24 March 1984Opened
Passengers
2017/180.13 million[1]
Services
Preceding station Metro Following station
Simonside
towards South Shields
 Yellow Line Jarrow
towards St. James via Whitley Bay
Location

Unlike nearby Hebburn and Jarrow, which were converted from former British Rail stations, Bede was purpose-built for Tyne and Wear Metro network in the early 1980s.

Bede serves an area consisting mainly of industrial estates, with the station located adjacent to the J. Barbour and Sons clothing factory. The station also serves Mariners Park, the home ground of South Shields F.C..

It is one of eight stations on the network that serves a sports ground, with others being Bank Foot and Kingston Park (Kingston Park), Callerton Parkway (Druid Park), Gateshead Stadium (Gateshead International Stadium), Stadium of Light and St. Peter's (Stadium of Light), and St. James (St. James's Park).

Bede is situated at the start of the double track section towards South Shields. About 3⁄4 mi (1.2 km) west of the station is St. Bede's Junction, the site of the 1915 rail crash in which 18 people were killed, when a South Shields to Newcastle passenger train crashed into a banking engine.

In March 2020, the Government announced a £103 million scheme, known as Metro Flow, during the 2020 Budget. From September 2022, the project will see three sections of single line between Pelaw and Bede converted to dual use, with the existing freight-only line electrified, and re-designed to operate using a similar system to the shared line between Pelaw and Sunderland.[2][3]

The station was used by 133,215 passengers in 2017–18, making it the fourth-least-used station on the network, after Pallion (92,060), St. Peter's (107,887) and Bank Foot (109,284).

Facilities

Step-free access is available at all stations across the Tyne and Wear Metro network, with ramps providing step-free access to both platforms at Bede. The station is equipped with ticket machines, waiting shelter, seating, next train information displays, timetable posters, and an emergency help point on both platforms. Ticket machines are able to accept payment with credit and debit card (including contactless payment), notes and coins.[4][5] The station is also fitted with smartcard validators, which feature at all stations across the network.[6][7]

There is no dedicated car parking available at the station. There is the provision for cycle parking, with 2 cycle pods available for use.[8]

Service and frequency

Bede is served by the  Yellow Line , which operates between South Shields and St. James with an end-to-end journey time of 83 minutes.

Services from platform 1 operate towards South Shields, with the first train departing at 05:30 (05:36 on Saturday and 06:51 on Sunday). Services from platform 2 operate towards St. James via Whitley Bay, with the first train departing at 05:51 (05:55 on Saturday and 07:10 on Sunday). Trains run frequently across the network, at intervals of up to every 12 minutes (Monday to Saturday daytime), and every 15 minutes (evening and Sunday), with the last trains departing at around midnight.[8]

Journey times from Bede are:

References
  1. "Tyne & Wear Metro usage figures". 2017–2018. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  2. "Our £100m project to boost frequency and reliability on Metro". Nexus. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  3. "Rail in the 2020 budget". Railway Gazette International. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  4. "Metro passengers feel the benefit of contactless payment". Nexus. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  5. "Revamp for Metro ticket machines". BBC News. 11 December 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  6. "City Metro stations get new smart ticket machines and gates". Nexus. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  7. "Pop card validators at Metro stations are put through their paces". Nexus. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  8. "Timetables and stations: Bede". Nexus. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
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