Jesmond Metro station

Jesmond
Tyne & Wear Metro
Jesmond Metro station viewed from platform 2 in March 2007
Location
Place Jesmond
Local authority Newcastle upon Tyne
WGS84 54°58′58″N 1°36′20″W / 54.9828°N 1.6056°W / 54.9828; -1.6056Coordinates: 54°58′58″N 1°36′20″W / 54.9828°N 1.6056°W / 54.9828; -1.6056
Fare zone information
Network One zone 1
Metro zone A
Original (1979) zone 26
Station code JES
Operations
Platforms 2
Escalators none
Usage
Metro Usage 0.71[1] million
History
Opened 1980-08-11
List of stations

Jesmond Metro station serves Jesmond in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The station opened in August 1980 and was purpose built as part of Tyne and Wear Metro. The station lies off the former North Tyneside Loop just north of the original Jesmond railway station. The station was used by over 1 million passengers in the period 2008-9.[2]

Jesmond railway station

Jesmond railway station 54°58′55″N 1°36′18″W / 54.9820°N 1.6049°W / 54.9820; -1.6049 was built in 1864 as part of the Blyth and Tyne Railway which ran from Blyth in Northumberland to New Bridge Street railway station in Newcastle City Centre. The station at New Bridge Street was later linked via the Manors curve to Newcastle Central and became part of the North Tyneside Loop. It closed on 23 January 1978 for the construction of the Tyne and Wear Metro system using a new alignment in a tunnel bypassing the original station. The platforms and signal box of the old station still remain intact although the former southbound platform is now used as a car park. The signal box forms part of a restaurant, along with an old railway carriage. One line still runs through the station linking the Metro line just north of Jesmond Metro station with the line west of Manors Metro station.

Station Architecture and Art

The station was designed by Faulkner-Brown Hendy Watkinson Stonor and L.J Couves and Partners.[3]. It was chosen by Simon Jenkins as one of the top 100 stations in Britain, described as a "miniature homage to the modernist architect Mies van der Rohe. [4]. In the treatment of the roof detailing and glass external walls there are some similarities to Mies' New National Gallery in Berlin. There are sometimes displays of sculpture in the enclosed space at the rear of the building.[5].

The station also features an installation called Abstract Murals [6] created by Simon Butler. It consists of vitreous enamel panels with brightly coloured geometric shapes.

References

  1. ↑ "Automated Announcements / Track Map / Usage Statistics". 2015–2016. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. ↑ NEXUS Business Intelligence Report. http://www.nexus.org.uk/wps/wcm/resources/file/eba01f018731343/Business%20Intelligence%20Annual%20Report%20200809.pdf%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  3. ↑ McCombie, G., Newcastle and Gateshead. Pevsner Architectural Guides, Yale University Press, 2009. p.238
  4. ↑ Jenkins, S., Britain's Best 100 Railway Stations, Viking 2017, p.257-8
  5. ↑ McCombie, G., Newcastle and Gateshead. Pevsner Architectural Guides, Yale University Press, 2009. p.238
  6. ↑ "Abstract Murals, Jesmond". Art on Transport. Nexus. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
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