Walkergate Metro station is on the Yellow line of the Tyne and Wear Metro. Originally opened in 1839 by the Newcastle & North Shields Railway as Walker, it was renamed Walker Gate on 1 April 1889. In the days of British Rail, the station was sometimes known as Walkergate and sometimes as Walker Gate; the Metro uses the single word form.
Uploaded to Geograph by Andrew Curtis on 18 January 2018
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