Felling is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the suburb of Felling, Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England. It opened as a Metro station on 15 November 1981, as part of the third phase of the network, between and .
History The station was originally built for the Brandling Junction Railway, opening on 30 December 1839. On 18 November 1896, the station was relocated to the current site. The original Brandling Junction Railway station building is still extant on the north side of the line.
In November 1979, British Rail stations at Felling and were closed, following the opening of the new . At this time, British Rail trains were concentrated on the former freight-only northern pair of tracks here, leaving the southern pair for Metro. Felling was reopened as part of the Tyne and Wear Metro network in November 1981.
Accidents and incidents On 26 March 1907, an express passenger train from to was derailed while running between Heworth signal box and Felling station. Eight people were seriously injured, two of whom later died.
Facilities Step-free access is available at all stations across the Tyne and Wear Metro network, with ramps providing step-free access to platforms at Felling. The station was refurbished in 2015, along with , and is branded in the new black and white corporate colour scheme.
The station is equipped with ticket machines, waiting shelter, seating, next train information displays, timetable posters, and an emergency help point. The ticket machines accept credit and debit cards (including contactless payment), notes and coins. The station is also fitted with smartcard validators, which feature at all stations across the network.
A small car park is available on Sunderland Road, with 27 parking spaces, plus three accessible spaces. There is also the provision for cycle parking, with four cycle pods.{
Services , the station is served by up to ten trains per hourfive trains in each direction on both of the Yellow and Green lineson weekdays and Saturdays, and up to eight trains per hour during the evening and on Sundays. In the northbound direction, half the trains run to and half to via . In the southbound direction, half the trains run to and half to via .
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External links
Timetable and station information for Felling Map of the local area, showing bus stop locations