West Monkseaton Metro Station
Introduction
The photograph on this page of West Monkseaton Metro Station by Andrew Curtis as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 18 Jan 2018
West Monkseaton Metro station is a station on the Yellow line of the Tyne and Wear Metro. It is located in a residential area at the west of Monkseaton, with the station entrance sited above the tracks on Earsdon Road. The reinforced concrete Art-Deco station building at street level dates from 1934 when it was a station on the London & North Eastern Railway. The station reopened on the first phase of the Tyne & Wear Metro in 1980 and the building restored in 1999. Disused Stations: http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/w/west_monkseaton/index.shtml
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