Brockley Whins Metro station
Tyne and Wear Metro station in South Tyneside / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Brockley Whins is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the suburbs of Boldon Colliery and Brockley Whins, South Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the network on 31 March 2002, following the opening of the extension from Pelaw to South Hylton.
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Tyne and Wear Metro station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Brockley Whins, South Tyneside England | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 54°57′34″N 1°27′38″W | ||||||||||
Grid reference | NZ345628 | ||||||||||
Transit authority | Tyne and Wear PTE | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Bicycle facilities | 5 cycle pods | ||||||||||
Accessible | Step-free access to platform | ||||||||||
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Station code | BYW[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||||
Fare zone | B | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Original company | Brandling Junction Railway | ||||||||||
Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway | ||||||||||
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9 March 1840 | Opened as Brockley Whins | ||||||||||
19 June 1844 | Resited | ||||||||||
1 March 1925 | Renamed Boldon Colliery | ||||||||||
8 July 1991 | Renamed Brockley Whins | ||||||||||
31 March 2002 | Joined the Tyne and Wear Metro network | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2017/18 | 0.22 million[1] | ||||||||||
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