Hebburn is a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro, serving Hebburn in South Tyneside. The station joined the network in March 1984, following the opening of the line between Heworth and South Shields. The station is situated on the site of the former Hebburn station, which opened in 1872 under the North Eastern Railway. Following closure for conversion in the early 1980s, the station was demolished and re-built, with staggered platforms on each side of the bridge on Station Road. Hebburn is situated on a single line section of track, but has a long passing loop for Tyne and Wear Metro services, and therefore two platforms. On the north side of the station is a single-track line used by freight services. In March 2020, the Government announced a £103 million scheme, known as Metro Flow, during the 2020 Budget. From September 2022, the project will see three sections of single line between Pelaw and Bede converted to dual use, with the existing freight-only line electrified, and re-designed to operate using a similar system to the shared line between Pelaw and Sunderland. The station was used by 417,320 passengers in 2017–18, making it the fourth-most-used station on the South Shields branch, after Pelaw, South Shields and Jarrow.
Facilities
Step-free access is available at all stations across the Tyne and Wear Metro network, with ramps providing step-free access to both platforms at Hebburn. The station is equipped with ticket machines, waiting shelter, seating, next train information displays, timetable posters, and an emergency help point on both platforms. Ticket machines are able to accept payment with credit and debit card, notes and coins. The station is also fitted with smartcard validators, which feature at all stations across the network. There is a free car park available at the station, with 80 spaces, plus 4 accessible spaces, as well as a taxi rank. There is also the provision for cycle parking, with 5 cycle pods available for use.
Service and frequency
Hebburn is served by the, which operates between South Shields and St. James with an end-to-end journey time of 83 minutes. Services from platform 1 operate towards South Shields, with the first train departing at 05:24. Services from platform 2 operate towards St. James via Whitley Bay, with the first train departing at 05:57. Trains run frequently across the network, at intervals of up to every 12 minutes, and every 15 minutes, with the last trains departing at around midnight. Journey times from Hebburn are:
