Notable for its iron and glass roof, it was built to accommodate large crowds in 1882 and is now part of the Tyne & Wear Metro network. The old station has benefitted form a substantial restoration and now hosts a market.
The western terminus of the first purpose built steam narrow gauge railway in the world, later the first preserved railway in the world.
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