Howdon Metro station, Tyne & Wear
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Howdon Metro station, Tyne & Wear
Image: © Nigel Thompson Taken: 17 Sep 2010
Opened in 1839 by the Newcastle and North Shields Railway, later part of the North Eastern Railway, this station closed in 1980. It was rebuilt and reopened as a Metro station in 1982. View east towards Percy Main and North Shields. The original station had both platforms on this side of the level crossing with a two storey station building on the right-hand (westbound) platform.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.995722
Longitude
-1.494944