Station usage in Tyne and Wear explained

See also: List of Tyne and Wear Metro stations.

This is a list of railway stations in Tyne and Wear, with estimated usage figures gathered from data collected by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). As of May 2020, there are seven National Rail stations located within the county of Tyne and Wear, from which around 9.73 million passenger journeys were made during 2018–19.^[1] There are also 60 Tyne and Wear Metro stations in the county, with around 36.4 million journeys made across the network during 2018–19.^[2]

Railway station usage in Tyne and Wear!Station!Usage
ranking!Operated by!Constituency!Journey(s)
2018–19!Journey(s)
2017–18!Journey(s)
2016–17!Journey(s)
2015–16

	1	LNER	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	8,913,554	8,756,574	8,426,644	8,189,528
	2	Northern Trains	Sunderland Central	441,554	447,694	483,836	475,172
	3	Northern Trains	Blaydon	301,738	335,076	350,376	354,240
	4	Northern Trains	Gateshead	22,588	21,064	20,784	18,898
	5	Northern Trains	Blaydon	21,428	14,116	15,128	13,466
	6	Northern Trains	Gateshead	16,488	12,966	10,618	7,168
	7	Northern Trains	Newcastle upon Tyne East	12,980	9,068	9,404	7,614

See also

• List of busiest railway stations in Great Britain
• List of Tyne and Wear Metro stations

Notes and References

1. Web site: Estimates of station usage. Office of Rail and Road. 14 May 2020.
2. Web site: Light rail and tram statistics, England: 2018/19. 19 June 2019. Department for Transport. 14 May 2020.