Heworth Interchange serves the Heworth area of Gateshead

Gateshead

Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear, England and is the main settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. Historically a part of County Durham, it lies on the southern bank of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon Tyne and together they form the urban core of Tyneside...

. There is a station here on the Yellow Line and the Green Lines of the Tyne and Wear Metro

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...

 as well as the Carlisle

City of Carlisle

The City of Carlisle is a local government district of Cumbria, England, with the status of a city and non-metropolitan district. It is named after its largest settlement, Carlisle, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Brampton and Longtown, as well as outlying villages...

 to Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough is a large town situated on the south bank of the River Tees in north east England, that sits within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire...

 rail line operated by Northern Rail

Northern Rail

Northern Rail is a British train operating company that has operated local passenger services in Northern England since 2004. Northern Rail's owner, Serco-Abellio, is a consortium formed of Abellio and Serco, an international operator of public transport systems...

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Heworth opened in 1981 as the terminus of the Tyne and Wear Metro. In 1984, the line extended eastwards to South Shields

South Shields Metro station

South Shields Metro station is the main Tyne and Wear Metro station for South Shields, England. In 2008-9 the station was used by over 1 million passengers. The station is located on a bridge above King Street, the main shopping street in South Shields Town Centre...

. The railway station had opened on 5 November 1979, with the closure of Felling and Pelaw railway stations. Prior to that, BR passenger trains had run on the southern pair of tracks, now used by Metro services, and for a short period they ran through the completed Metro platforms. For much of the time Heworth was a Metro terminus, trains reversed in the platforms, using the crossovers west of the station in passenger service. Reversals later took place at the new sidings at Pelaw once they had been completed.

Above the four platforms there is a bus station. The services that operate there are mainly operated by Go North East

Go North East

Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland...

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This interchange provides connections from the Tyne and Wear Metro to Washington, Sunderland and South Tyneside and as well as other areas of Gateshead.

List of Bus Services

The following are the bus services currently using Heworth Interchange, correct to 30 October 2011.
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Route	To	Via	Operator	Route Brand
26A	Sunderland, Park Lane	Boldon, Castletown and Southwick	Go North East Go North East Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland...
Note - Service 26A operates all day on Sunday and Monday to Saturday evenings.
27	South Shields	Monkton Lane Estate, Hebburn, Jarrow and Chichester	Go North East Go North East Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland...	"The Crusader"
	Newcastle, Market Street	Gateshead
51	Gateshead	Fewster Square, Springwell Estate, Wrekenton and Low Fell	Go North East Go North East Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland...	"The Orbit"
52	Gateshead	Felling Square	Go North East Go North East Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland...	"The Orbit"
58	Hadrian Park	Fewster Square, Felling Square, Gateshead, Newcastle and Coast Road	Go North East Go North East Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland...	"Citylink"
68	Wrekenton	Felling Square, Q.E. Hospital and Beacon Lough	Go North East Go North East Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland...
	Bill Quay	Pelaw
Note - Extra peak time journeys on service 68 operate between Heworth and Bill Quay.
93	Gateshead	Felling Square, Q.E. Hospital and Team Valley	Go North East Go North East Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland...	"The Loop"
94	Gateshead	Gateshead Stadium and Baltic Campus	Go North East Go North East Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland...	"The Loop"
515	Hebburn	Pelaw, Hebburn College and Victoria Road	TGM Group - Classic Tellings-Golden Miller Tellings-Golden Miller , a subsidiary of Arriva, is a bus service and coach operator in the United Kingdom.-Golden Miller:Reputedly, Fred Varney began the Golden Miller company with the winnings from a bet made on the horse Golden Miller, which won the Cheltenham Gold Cup and the Grand National in...
559	Heworth	Boldon Cineworld and Fellgate Estate	TGM Group - Classic Tellings-Golden Miller Tellings-Golden Miller , a subsidiary of Arriva, is a bus service and coach operator in the United Kingdom.-Golden Miller:Reputedly, Fred Varney began the Golden Miller company with the winnings from a bet made on the horse Golden Miller, which won the Cheltenham Gold Cup and the Grand National in...
Note - One weekday peak time journey on service 515 and 559 operate via Monkton Business Park.
921	Rainton Bridge	Washington	Go North East Go North East Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland...
	Newcastle, Bewick Street	Gateshead
922	Rainton Bridge	Washington	Go North East Go North East Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland...
994	Follingsby Park	Felling By-Pass	Go North East Go North East Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland...
M1	Houghton-le-Spring	Concord, Washington, Fatfield and Fence Houses	Go North East Go North East Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland...	"Metrolink"
Note - Evening and alternate Sunday daytime journeys on service M1 terminate at Fallowfield Way.
M2	Birtley	Concord, Barmston Centre and Washington	Go North East Go North East Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland...	"Washington Street Shuttle"
M3	Birtley	Concord, Barmston Waskerley Road and Washington	Go North East Go North East Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland...	"Washington Street Shuttle"
Note - Monday to Saturday daytime journeys on service M3 continue to Chester-le-Street.
M3A	Chester-le-Street	Concord, Washington, Fatfield and Rickleton	Go North East Go North East Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland...
M12	Fairways Estate	Lingey Lane	A-Line
	Gateshead	Sunderland Road
N58	Whitley Bay	Felling Square, Gateshead, Newcastle, Coast Road, Hadrian Park and N.T. Hospital	Go North East Go North East Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland...
TB529	Lukes Lane Estate	Pelaw, Bill Quay and Hebburn	Anthony Kane Taxis
X3	Sunderland, Park Lane	Cineworld, Boldon & Fulwell Grange	Go North East Go North East Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland...	"Red Arrows"
	Newcastle, Eldon Square	Gateshead
X9	Middlesbrough	A19, Peterlee and Billingham	Go North East Go North East Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland...	"Tyne Tees Express"
	Newcastle, Eldon Square	Gateshead
X10	Middlesbrough	A19, Peterlee, Norton and Stockton	Go North East Go North East Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland...	"Tyne Tees Express"
	Newcastle, Eldon Square	Gateshead
X11	Hartlepool	A19, Peterlee and Blackhall	Go North East Go North East Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland...	"Tyne Tees Express"
	Newcastle, Eldon Square	Gateshead

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