This is a list of National Rail stations in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear by 2024/25 entries and exits. The area is also served by the light rail Tyne and Wear Metro.
Rank Station Area served Metropolitan borough Operator Line(s) Platforms Passenger usage 2016/17 Passenger usage 2024/25Image 1 Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne City of Newcastle upon Tyne London North Eastern Railway East Coast Main Line, Durham Coast Line, Tyne Valley Line, and Northumberland Line 12 8,426,644 10,548,216 2 Sunderland Sunderland City of Sunderland Northern Durham Coast Line 2 (+2 Metro platforms) 483,836 709,098 3 MetroCentre intu Metrocentre Gateshead Northern Tyne Valley Line 2 350,376 632,322 4 Blaydon Blaydon-on-Tyne Gateshead Northern Tyne Valley Line 2 15,128 69,496 5 Manors Eastern Newcastle upon Tyne City of Newcastle upon Tyne Northern East Coast Main Line 2 9,404 63,914 6 Dunston Dunston Gateshead Northern Tyne Valley Line 2 10,618 50,828 7 Heworth Heworth Gateshead Northern Durham Coast Line 2 20,784 45,528 8 Northumberland Park Northumberland Park North Tyneside Northern Northumberland Line 1 N/A N/A
See also List of Tyne and Wear Metro stations List of United Kingdom railway stations
References
Further reading Hoole, K., Railway Stations of the North East (David & Charles, 1985) Hoole, K., The North Eastern Electrics: The History of the Tyneside Electric Passenger Services (1904-1967), Locomotion Papers, 165 (Oakwood Press, 1987), . Joyce, J., Roads and Rails of Tyne and Wear, 1900-1980 (Ian Allan, 1985), Thomson Sinclair, Neil, Railways of Sunderland, 2nd edn (Tyne and Wear Museums Service, 1986),