Dunston railway station
Dunston 
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Dunston railway station, viewed from a GNER service diverted onto the Tyne Valley Line in October 2005
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| Location | |
| Place | Dunston |
| Local authority | Gateshead |
| Grid reference | NZ230617 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | DOT |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 2,664 |
| 2012/13 |
 2,164 |
| 2013/14 |
2,336 |
| 2014/15 |
4,904 |
| 2015/16 |
7,168 |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Tyne and Wear (Nexus) |
| Zone | TWO |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1 October 1984 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dunston from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Dunston railway station serves Dunston, an area of Gateshead, in Tyne and Wear, northern England. It is located on the Tyne Valley Line which runs from Newcastle upon Tyne to Carlisle. Passenger services are provided by Northern, which also manages the station.
The station first opened on 1 January 1909 and was situated on a section of line built by the NER to link the lines over newly commissioned King Edward VII Bridge with the original 1837 Newcastle and Carlisle Railway freight route to Redheugh Goods and the Dunston coal staithes. It was originally known as Dunston-on-Tyne, and served as the terminus of a shuttle service from Newcastle. This service ended on 4 May 1926 (as a result of the General Strike of 1926) and the station was closed. It was very briefly brought back into use for special evacuation trains during World War II, but remained closed throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.
From 4 October 1982, Tyne Valley Line passenger trains were routed via Dunston due to the closure of Scotswood Bridge, and Dunston station was officially re-opened by British Rail on 1 October 1984. Initially, most Tyne Valley services called at Dunston, but this service frequency was later reduced due to low passenger numbers, particularly after the opening of MetroCentre railway station on 3 August 1987.
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