Pelaw is a

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station, serving the suburbs of

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Pelaw Pelaw () is a residential area in Gateshead, located around from Newcastle upon Tyne, from Sunderland, and from Durham. In 2011, Census data for the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council ward of ''Heworth and Pelaw'' recorded a total populatio ...

and Wardley, Gateshead in

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, England. It joined the network on 15 September 1985.

History

The station opened by the

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on 30 December 1839. It became a junction in 1850, when the

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's cut-off route from via

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was opened. The station was rebuilt slightly to the east in 1857, but then rebuilt again on the original site in 1896, following the opening of the branch line to

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in 1872. This was then extended further, to in 1879. This station had an island platform serving just the southern pair of tracks. Passenger services on the Leamside Line to ended in September 1963, though it remained open for through freight until 1991 and for mineral traffic to the Wardley opencast loading point for some years after. The remaining stub is now out of use and the points clamped and disconnected. In preparation for the Metro, British Rail passenger services were diverted onto the freight-only northern pair of tracks between here and Park Lane Junction at Gateshead, and

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and Pelaw stations closed on 5 November 1979, being replaced by a new station at

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. Trains continued to run round the disused platform at Pelaw for a short period before Pelaw Junction was remodelled, after which it was demolished to make way for the Metro tracks. Pelaw was not initially replaced, but following the completion of new housing nearby a new station was built on the site of the old; it opened in September 1985, a year and a half after the South Shields line opened."Disused Stations - Pelaw (4th site)"
/ref> It then became the terminus of the Yellow Line (from St. James), and the Red Line (from Benton), which has now been discontinued. Terminating trains continued to reverse in the sidings to the east of the station. When the Sunderland extension opened, Pelaw ceased to be a terminus, except in the morning and evening peaks. A grade-separated junction (partly using the existing flyover for South Shields-bound trains) allows Metro services to join the Durham Coast line without conflicting with main line trains.

Facilities

In 2006, the station was rebuilt with a new ticket hall and indoor waiting area more appropriate to its position as the transfer station between the Sunderland and South Shields branches.

Services

, the station is served by up to ten trains per hour on weekdays and Saturday, and up to eight trains per hour during the evening and on Sunday. Additional services operate between Pelaw and , , or at peak times. Rolling stock used: Class 599 ''Metrocar''

References

External links

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Timetable and station information
for Pelaw {{DEFAULTSORT:Pelaw Metro Station Former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1843 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1979 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1985