Fellgate Metro station

Fellgate is a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro, serving Fellgate, Hedworth and Jarrow in South Tyneside. The station joined the network in March 2002, following the opening of the 18 km (11 mi) extension from Pelaw to South Hylton.[2]

Fellgate
Tyne and Wear Metro
Location
Place	Jarrow
Local authority	South Tyneside
Coordinates	54.9575°N 1.4856°W / 54.9575; -1.4856
Fare zone information
Metro zone	B
Network One	2
Original zone	37
Station code	FEG
Operations
Platforms	2
Usage
Metro Usage	0.38[1] million
History
Opened	31 March 2002
List of stations

Along with other stations on the line between Fellgate and South Hylton, the station is fitted with vitreous enamel panels designed by artist, Morag Morrison. Each station uses a different arrangement of colours, with strong colours used in platform shelters and ticketing areas, and a more neutral palate for external elements.[3]

The station was used by 380,620 passengers in 2017–18, making it the fourth-most-used station on the network, after Pelaw (1,092,716), Sunderland (772,975) and Park Lane (392,327).

Facilities

Step-free access is available at all stations across the Tyne and Wear Metro network, with lifts providing step-free access to platforms at Fellgate. The station is also 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 a free car park available, with 54 parking spaces, plus 3 accessible spaces, as well as a taxi rank. There is also the provision for cycle parking, with 5 cycle pods available for use.[8]

Service and frequency

Fellgate is served by the  Green Line , which operates between South Hylton and Airport, with an end-to-end journey time of 64 minutes. The station is also bypassed by Northern Trains services operating along the Durham Coast Line between Newcastle and Middlesbrough.

Services from platform 1 operate towards South Hylton, with the first train departing at 05:32 (05:37 on Saturday and 06:36 on Sunday).[note 1] Services from platform 2 operate towards Airport, with the first train departing at 06:04 (06:07 on Saturday and 07:30 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 Fellgate are:

• 5 minutes to Pelaw
• 14 minutes to Sunderland
• 15 minutes to Monument
• 24 minutes to South Gosforth
• 25 minutes to South Hylton
• 40 minutes to Airport

See also

• Jarrow

References

1. "Tyne and Wear Metro usage figures 2017–2018". Retrieved 21 August 2019.
2. Hope, Richard (1 July 2001). "Tyne & Wear Metro shares tracks to Sunderland". Railway Gazette International. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
3. "'Station Colours' by Morag Morrison". Nexus. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
4. "Metro passengers feel the benefit of contactless payment". Nexus. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
5. "Revamp for Metro ticket machines". BBC News. 11 December 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
6. "City Metro stations get new smart ticket machines and gates". Nexus. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
7. "Pop card validators at Metro stations are put through their paces". Nexus. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
8. "Timetables and stations: Fellgate". Nexus. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

Notes

1. Some earlier trains operate as far as Park Lane.

External links

• Local area map and onward connections for Fellgate
• Timetable and station information for Fellgate
• Media related to Fellgate Metro station at Wikimedia Commons

Preceding station		Tyne and Wear Metro		Following station
Pelaw towards Airport		Green line		Brockley Whins towards South Hylton