Jarrow Metro station is a station on 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...

, in the centre of the town of 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...

 in South Tyneside

South Tyneside

South Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear in North East England.It is bordered by four other boroughs - Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead to the west, Sunderland in the south, and North Tyneside to the north. The border county of Northumberland lies further north...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It is on the system's Yellow line, but was originally on the Green line prior to the 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...

 and South Hylton

South Hylton

South Hylton is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. Lying west of Sunderland city centre on the south bank of the River Wear, South Hylton has a population of 10,317...

 services being swapped over. The station opened in 1984, as part of the final stage of the original Metro system, although it replaced an earlier railway station on the same site which opened in 1872.

Jarrow is situated on a single line section, but has a long passing loop for Metro services and therefore two platforms. On the north side of the station is a single-track Network Rail freight line, now used only by oil trains to the Jarrow oil terminal, but when the Metro first opened there was a small yard here with private sidings going off.

List of bus services

The following are the bus services currently using Jarrow Bus Station (which adjoins the Metro Station), correct to 5 September 2011.

Route	To	Via	Operator	Route Brand
5	South Shields	Fellgate, Whiteleas, South Tyneside Hospital 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...
9	Sunderland, Park Lane	Calf Close, The Boldons and Newcastle 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...
	North Shields	Tyne Tunnel and Royal Quays
11	South Shields	Simonside, Whiteleas and Horsley Hill	Stagecoach Stagecoach A stagecoach is a type of covered wagon for passengers and goods, strongly sprung and drawn by four horses, usually four-in-hand. Widely used before the introduction of railway transport, it made regular trips between stages or stations, which were places of rest provided for stagecoach travelers...
26	Sunderland, Park Lane	Calf Close, The Boldons, 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...	"Show Stopper"
27	South Shields	Tyne Dock, Chichester and Westoe	Go North East	"The Crusader"
	Newcastle, Market Street	Hebburn, Monkton Lane, Heworth and Gateshead
88	Lukes Lane	Hebburn, Hartleyburn Estate and Monkton Lane	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...	"South Tyne"
	South Shields	Simonside, South Tyneside Hospital and Chichester
88A	South Shields	Simonside, South Tyneside Hospital 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...	"South Tyne"
	Lukes Lane	Hebburn and Campbell Park Road
Note - Service 88A operates during the daytime, Monday to Saturday. Evening journeys on service 88 operate between Jarrow and Lukes Lane.
92	Team Valley, North End	Hebburn, Heworth and Wrekenton	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...
960	Horsley Hill	Harton Nook and Marsden	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...  and 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...
	Waterview Park	Washington