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3 unusual facts about Northumberland Park Metro station


Backworth

The new Northumberland Park Metro Station is centre of a new residential area between Backworth and Shiremoor and West Allotment.

Northumberland Park Metro station

Backworth was the only station on the North Tyneside Loop not included in the system, apart from Heaton station (which was on a part of the alignment not used in the Metro).

It is located immediately west of the site of the Backworth railway station, which closed on 13 June 1977 and was demolished prior to the construction of the Metro.



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