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

Lats/Lons:

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)