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North Shields Metro station is a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro network's Yellow line. It is located in a cutting just prior to a tunnel which takes the line eastwards beneath North Shields town centre.

The original North Shields station (named Shields until 1874) opened in 1839 on the Newcastle & North Shields Railway. Although originally a terminus station, the line was extended to Tynemouth in 1847 by the digging of a tunnel under North Shields.

The station was closed in August 1980 for conversion to Metro use, reopening in November 1982. During this work the platform-level canopies and ramps from the entrance to the platform were retained, but the 1960s station entrance was replaced by a new structure.

By the 2010s this structure too was becoming dated, and Nexus drew up plans to replace it with facilities which would provide 'a visually striking new gateway to the town centre'. The new station was fully completed by September 2012; changes included the addition of a new travel shop, passenger lifts, wave-shaped canopies for each platform and a new black, white and blue colour scheme. The ramps that had formerly provided access to the platforms were replaced with stairs. Ticket barriers were also installed in an attempt to cut down on ticketless travel through the station. The refurbishment cost £3 million and was part of the £385m Metro: all change programme.
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There are more than 30 pieces of permanent art on Metro and other public transport infrastructure in Tyne and Wear. Nexus Metro Art list: Link

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