A statue of Queen Victoria had been moved to Chichester in 1949, from its original position in front of South Shields Town Hall.

[2] In 1981, it was removed to make way for the new Metro station at Chichester, and returned to its original position at the front of the Town Hall, where it remains today.

The line itself was also the spot of the Westoe Netty, an open air public urinal which was depicted in a famous 1972 painting by Bob Olley.

[5] It is also unique in having station signage in blue, instead of the original yellow, due to an advertising deal with South Tyneside College.

The station also had a brief cameo in the second version of the music video for the 1985 hit single Life in a Northern Town by The Dream Academy.