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High Shields railway station

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alignment to reach the town centre, instead of the former B.J.R route, reflecting the gradual movement of the population away from the river over the previous century, so the station was not reopened for Metro services when they began in March 1984.
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It was resited in 1879 and closed on 1 June 1981, when the South Shields branch line was closed for conversion to a Tyne and Wear Metro route. The new Metro line however used the former
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The track was subsequently lifted, with the station platforms and buildings demolished - no trace now remains, as the location has been cleared and landscaped.
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Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology
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The station was opened as South Shields on 19 June 1839 by the
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Disused railway station in High Shields, South Tyneside
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South Tyneside
54°59′27″N 1°26′25″W / 54.9907°N 1.4403°W / 54.9907; -1.4403
Grid reference
NZ359663
Brandling Junction Railway Company
North Eastern Railway
London and North Eastern Railway
South Tyneside
Brandling Junction Railway
Brandling Junction Railway Company
Stanhope and Tyne Railway
OCLC
931112387
OCLC
931112387
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Disused railway stations in Tyne and Wear
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1842
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1879
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1879

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