Percy Main Metro station, Tyne & Wear

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Percy Main Metro station, Tyne & Wear

Image: © Nigel Thompson Taken: 10 Apr 2009

Opened in 1840 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 west towards Howdon and Newcastle.

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Image Location

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Latitude
54.999413
Longitude
-1.475358