 The station is situated on the site of the former Hebburn station, which opened in 1872 under the North Eastern Railway.Following closure for conversion in the early 1980s, the station was demolished and re-built, with staggered platforms on each side of the bridge on Station Road.Hebburn is situated on a single line section of track, but has a long passing loop for Tyne and Wear Metro services, and therefore two platforms.