Dunston train station

You can reach 32 stations directly from Dunston on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is MetroCentre, with 40 trains a day.

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• 32 direct destinations
• 2,041st busiest in Britain
• Unstaffed
• Step-free throughout
• 6 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from Dunston

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

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Freight through Dunston station, hour by hour

Freight is booked through or alongside Dunston station on 66 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 13 paths on the Wednesday, 2 paths on the Saturday and no paths on the Sunday. 21 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move. The busiest hour is 15:00 to 16:00 on the Monday, with 4 paths booked.

The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.

Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless

How busy Dunston station is

50,828 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,041st busiest station in Great Britain.

More journeys run between Dunston and Newcastle than any other pair: 29,474 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.

Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.

Sundays

Sunday is a different railway here: 2 stations instead of 32, a drop of about 94%. Saturday runs to 32.

Nearest other stations

• MetroCentre 1.1 miles
• Newcastle 1.6 miles
• Manors 2.1 miles
• Blaydon 3.0 miles
• Heworth 3.3 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Dunston, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

• Bensham · 0.9 miles
• Newcastle · 1.0 miles
• Elswick · 1.2 miles
• Redheugh · 1.2 miles
• Gateshead Interchange · 1.7 miles
• Low Fell · 1.7 miles

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Facilities at Dunston station

Dunston is unstaffed, with step-free access to the whole station.

Cycle parking: 10 spaces (sheltered, stands).

From National Rail's station record, last updated 27 August 2026.

Getting to Dunston station

Dunston station is in Gateshead, North East, and is run by Northern Trains.

The nearest motorway junction is A1(M) J65 (Birtley), 4.2 miles south-east.

6 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Dunston.

Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.

Dunston station elsewhere

• National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
• Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
• Wikipedia the station's history
• OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from

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