St. Peter's is a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro, serving Monkwearmouth and St. Peter's, and the Stadium of Light in Sunderland. The station joined the network in March 2002, following the opening of the extension from Pelaw to South Hylton. To allow for the re-building of the station at Sunderland, St. Peter's served as a temporary terminus for rail services operated byNorthern Spirit between 25 February 2001 and 16 April 2001. St. Peter's is located at the north end of the Monkwearmouth Bridge, a railway bridge crossing the River Wear, built in 1879, and to the south of the former station at Monkwearmouth, which closed in March 1967. It is located a short walk from the University of Sunderland's Sir Tom Cowie Campus at St. Peter's, which is about 750 metres to the east of the station. For the University of Sunderland's City Campus, the closest station is University. The station is also located near to the National Glass Centre, which is just over half a mile to the east of the station. Despite the station's name, St. Peter's is actually closer to the Stadium of Light than the nearby Metro station with the same name. The station features an art installation, White Light by Ron Haselden. It consists of illuminated ovals embedded into the glass floor, which change in intensity, according to the strength of the wind. The station was used by 107,887 passengers in 2017–18, making St. Peter's the second-least-used station on the network, after Pallion.
Facilities
Step-free access is available at all stations across the Tyne and WearMetro network, with lifts providing step-free access to platforms at St. Peter's. The station is also equipped with ticket machines, sheltered waiting area, seating, next train information displays, timetable posters, and an emergency help point on both platforms. Ticket machines are able to accept payment with credit and debit card, notes and coins. The station is also fitted with smartcard validators, which feature at all stations across the network. There is a small, free car park available, with 23 parking spaces, plus 4 accessible spaces, as well as a taxi rank. There is also the provision for cycle parking, with 5 cycle pods available for use.
Service and frequency
St. Peter's is served by the, which operates between South Hylton and Airport, with an end-to-end journey time of 64 minutes. The station is also bypassed by Northern Trains services operating along the Durham Coast Line between Newcastle and Middlesbrough. Services from platform 1 operate towards South Hylton, with the first train departing at 05:44. Services from platform 2 operate towards Airport, with the first train departing at 05:52. Trains run frequently across the network, at intervals of up to every 12 minutes, and every 15 minutes, with the last trains departing at around midnight. Journey times from St. Peter's are:
