South Shields

metro station in Tyne & Wear
TrainStation tyne_and_wear_metro_station Q7568421
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South Shields

Summary

South Shields is a Tyne and Wear Metro station[1]. It draws 64 Wikipedia views per month (tyne_and_wear_metro_station category, ranking #5 of 15).[2]

Key Facts

  • South Shields is located in South Tyneside[3].
  • South Shields is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • South Shields's transport network is recorded as Tyne and Wear Metro[5].
  • South Shields's instance of is recorded as Tyne and Wear Metro station[6].
  • South Shields's instance of is recorded as elevated station[7].
  • South Shields's instance of is recorded as transport hub[8].
  • South Shields's instance of is recorded as bus station[9].
  • South Shields's instance of is recorded as terminus[10].
  • South Shields's connecting line is recorded as Yellow line[11].
  • South Shields is named after South Shields[12].
  • South Shields's adjacent station is recorded as Chichester[13].
  • South Shields's station code is recorded as SSS[14].
  • South Shields's Commons category is recorded as South Shields Metro station[15].
  • South Shields's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 54.99719, 'longitude': -1.43301, 'precision': 1e-05}[16].
  • South Shields's date of official opening is recorded as March 23, 1984[17].
  • South Shields's state of use is recorded as in use[18].
  • South Shields's historic county is recorded as County Durham[19].

Why It Matters

South Shields draws 64 Wikipedia views per month (tyne_and_wear_metro_station category, ranking #5 of 15).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . nexus.org.uk. nexus.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . disused-stations.org.uk. disused-stations.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Yirba · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Connecting line Yellow line
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