Jarrow Metro station

Jarrow 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.

Jarrow
Tyne and Wear Metro station
LocationJarrow, South Tyneside
England
Coordinates54°58′45″N 1°29′37″W
Grid referenceNZ325651
Transit authorityTyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive
Platforms2
Tracks2
Bus stands5
Construction
Parking23 spaces
Bicycle facilities
  • 5 cycle lockers
  • 6 cycle pods
Disabled accessStep-free access to platform level
Other information
Station codeJAR
Fare zoneB
History
Original companyNorth Eastern Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-grouping
Key dates
1 March 1872Opened
1 June 1981Closed for conversion
24 March 1984Reopened
Passengers
2017/180.44 million[1]
Services
Preceding station Metro Following station
Bede
towards South Shields
 Yellow Line Hebburn
towards St. James via Whitley Bay
Location

The station is situated on the site of the former Jarrow station, which opened in 1872 under the North Eastern Railway.[2] Following closure for conversion in the early 1980s, the station was demolished and re-built.

Vince Rea's Jarrow March sculpture was commissioned for the station in 1984, to commemorate the 207 people who, in 1936, walked from Tyneside to London to protest about the lack of jobs in the area.[3]

Jarrow is situated on a single line section of track, but has a long passing loop for Tyne and Wear Metro services, and therefore two platforms. On the north side of the station is a single-track line used by freight services.

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.[4][5]

The station was used by 440,153 passengers in 2017–18, making it the third-most-used station on the South Shields branch, after Pelaw (1,092,716) and South Shields (588,248).

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 Jarrow. 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.[6][7] The station is also fitted with smartcard validators, which feature at all stations across the network.[8][9]

There is a small free car park available at the station, with 23 spaces, plus 2 accessible spaces. There is also the provision for cycle parking, with 5 cycle lockers and 6 cycle pods available for use.[10]

Service and frequency

Jarrow 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 05:27 (05:34 on Saturday and 06:49 on Sunday). Services from platform 2 operate towards St. James via Whitley Bay, with the first train departing at 05:54 (05:57 on Saturday and 07:12 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.[10]

Journey times from Jarrow are:

Jarrow Bus Station

Jarrow Bus Station is located adjacent to the Tyne and Wear Metro station. It is served by Go North East and Stagecoach North East's local bus services, with frequent routes serving South Tyneside and Sunderland. The bus station has five departure stands (lettered A–E), each of which is fitted with a waiting shelter, seating, next bus information displays, and timetable posters. The bus station was refurbished in 2014 – at a cost of £120,000.[11]

As of June 2020, the stand allocation is:

Stand Route Destination
A 9 Sunderland      via Boldon
26 South Shields      via South Tyneside Hospital
960 South Shields      via Marsden
B 5 South Shields      via South Tyneside Hospital
11 South Shields      via South Tyneside Hospital
C 27 South Shields      via Tyne Dock
D 9 Lukes Lane      via Hebburn
10 Cobalt Business Park
319 North Shields
E 26 Newcastle      via Heworth
27 Newcastle      via Heworth
927 Monkton Business Park    via Hebburn
960 Waterview Park      via The Galleries

See also

References
  1. "Tyne & Wear Metro usage figures". 2017–2018. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  2. "Disused Stations: Pelaw Station (2nd site)". Disused Stations. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  3. "'Jarrow March' by Vince Rea". Nexus. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  4. "Our £100m project to boost frequency and reliability on Metro". Nexus. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  5. "Rail in the 2020 budget". Railway Gazette International. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  6. "Metro passengers feel the benefit of contactless payment". Nexus. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  7. "Revamp for Metro ticket machines". BBC News. 11 December 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  8. "City Metro stations get new smart ticket machines and gates". Nexus. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  9. "Pop card validators at Metro stations are put through their paces". Nexus. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  10. "Timetables and stations: Jarrow". Nexus. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  11. "Jarrow bus station refurbished in £120,000 programme". Nexus. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
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