West Monkseaton

North Tyneside, Italy

West Monkseaton is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, and former British Rail station, serving the suburb of Monkseaton in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. It was opened in 1933, closed in 1979 for conversion to become part of the Tyne and Wear Metro, and joined that network in 1980. The station

is a rare example of the Art Deco style applied to a railway station in the United Kingdom. The station building has curved flanking entrance bays and a flat roof, whilst the metal framed windows provide a horizontal emphasis based on the glazing bars. It is variously attributed to the LNER architect, H. H. Powell, and to Oliver Hill, the architect of the Midland Hotel in Morecambe.

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