Bede Metro station
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Bede is the name of a Tyne and Wear Metro
station in Jarrow
. It is named after the Venerable Bede
, a monk
who established St Paul's monastery
nearby during the 7th century. It serves an area mostly consisting of industrial estates, and is immediately adjacent to the J. Barbour & Sons
clothing factory.
Bede station was new when the Metro line to South Shields
opened, although the route had opened in 1872. It was the start of the double track section towards South Shields
, as the parallel BR single-track freight line only ran as far as the nearby Simonside wagon works (it closed in the late 1980s), but now the double track starts further west, where the branch to Jarrow oil terminal diverges. Originally on the Green line, it is now on the Yellow line.
Some ¾ mile (1¼ km) west of the station is St Bedes Junction, the site of a rail crash in 1915 in which 18 people were killed when a South Shields
to Newcastle passenger train crashed into a banking engine.
Tyne and Wear Metro
The Tyne and Wear Metro, also known as the Metro, is a light rail system in North East England, serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside and Sunderland. It opened in 1980 and in 2007–2008 provided 40 million public journeys on its network of nearly...
station in Jarrow
Jarrow
Jarrow is a town in Tyne and Wear, England, located on the River Tyne, with a population of 27,526. From the middle of the 19th century until 1935, Jarrow was a centre for shipbuilding, and was the starting point of the Jarrow March against unemployment in 1936.-Foundation:The Angles re-occupied...
. It is named after the Venerable Bede
Bede
Bede , also referred to as Saint Bede or the Venerable Bede , was a monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth, today part of Sunderland, England, and of its companion monastery, Saint Paul's, in modern Jarrow , both in the Kingdom of Northumbria...
, a monk
Monk
A monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose...
who established St Paul's monastery
Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey
Wearmouth-Jarrow is a twin-foundation English monastery, located on the River Wear in Sunderland and the River Tyne at Jarrow respectively, in the Kingdom of Northumbria . Its formal name is The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Wearmouth-Jarrow...
nearby during the 7th century. It serves an area mostly consisting of industrial estates, and is immediately adjacent to the J. Barbour & Sons
J. Barbour & Sons
J. Barbour & Sons Ltd is a British clothing manufacturer and importer, founded in South Shields, best known for making waterproof and outdoor clothing...
clothing factory.
Bede station was new when the Metro line to South Shields
South Shields
South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne to Tyne Dock, and about downstream from Newcastle upon Tyne...
opened, although the route had opened in 1872. It was the start of the double track section towards South Shields
South Shields
South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne to Tyne Dock, and about downstream from Newcastle upon Tyne...
, as the parallel BR single-track freight line only ran as far as the nearby Simonside wagon works (it closed in the late 1980s), but now the double track starts further west, where the branch to Jarrow oil terminal diverges. Originally on the Green line, it is now on the Yellow line.
Some ¾ mile (1¼ km) west of the station is St Bedes Junction, the site of a rail crash in 1915 in which 18 people were killed when a South Shields
South Shields
South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne to Tyne Dock, and about downstream from Newcastle upon Tyne...
to Newcastle passenger train crashed into a banking engine.
External links
- Train times and station information for from NexusTyne and Wear Passenger Transport ExecutiveThe Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive using the brandname of Nexus, is the Passenger Transport Executive for the Tyne and Wear region of North East England....