Cullercoats Metro Station

Cullercoats Metro Station

HER Number
2154
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Cullercoats Metro Station
Place
Cullercoats
Map Sheet
NZ37NE
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Railway Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Railway Station
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
A station at Cullercoats, on the North Eastern Railway Newcastle,Tynemouth & Newcastle line, (HER 2155). Opened 7th July 1882. Now metro station. The station designed by William Bell
(architect to the North Eastern Railway Co. from 1877 to 1914) and opened July 7th 1882 and has been a Metro station since August 11th 1980. This station was built with salvaged materials from a former station. A feature of this station is a well-preserved wooden footbridge and indeed, the whole station is considered one of the least altered local stations, despite some feature deterioration as a result of the Metro presence.
Easting
436120
Northing
571290
Grid Reference
NZ436120571290
Sources
<< HER 2154 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, NE; North Tyneside Council, November 2008, Register of Buildings and Parks of Special Local Architectural and Historic Interest SDP (Local Development Document 9)