Central Station Metro station

Central Station is an underground station on the Tyne and Wear Metro, serving the southern part of Newcastle City Centre. The Metro station was opened in November 1981, and refurbished in 2015–2016.

Central Station
Tyne and Wear Metro
Location
PlaceNewcastle City Centre
Local authorityNewcastle
Coordinates54.9691°N 1.6164°W / 54.9691; -1.6164
Fare zone information
Metro zoneA
Network One1
Original zone26
Station codeCEN
Operations
Platforms2
Escalators3
Usage
Metro Usage2.71[1] million
History
Opened 15 November 1981 (1981-11-15)
2015–2016Refurbished
List of stations
Railways between Newcastle and Gateshead
Central Station
Tyne Valley Line
to Scotswood
Newcastle
QEII Metro Bridge
Gateshead
Gateshead Interchange
Durham Coast Line
to Heworth
Tyne and Wear Metro
to Gateshead Stadium

The station is located below Newcastle Central station, from which the Metro station gets its name. It is the third-busiest on the network after Monument and Haymarket.[1] The station has entrances from inside the National Rail station, and entrances from the street.

The Metro station opened in 1981, as part of the third phase of the Metro system, which included the main underground sections through the centres of Newcastle and Gateshead.

Metro serves as a replacement for some routes that had formerly been operated from the mainline station towards Benton & Tynemouth via the North Tyneside Loop. In 1984, Metro reached South Shields, replacing British Rail services. In 2002, Metro was extended to Sunderland and South Hylton, where it shares tracks between Pelaw and Sunderland with Northern services on the Durham Coast Line.

Service & Frequency

Central Station is served by the Yellow Line (running from South Shields to St James via Four Lane Ends, Whitley Bay and Wallsend) and the Green Line (running from South Hylton and Sunderland to Regent Centre and Newcastle Airport).

Both lines run up to every 12 minutes during the day (Monday to Saturday), and up to every 15 minutes in the evenings and on a Sunday. This allows for a combined service of up to every 6 minutes (Monday to Saturday), and up to every 7–8 minutes during the evening and on a Sunday between Pelaw and South Gosforth.

Extra trains run during the weekday morning and evening peaks, between Pelaw and Regent Centre or Monkseaton. This provides a train up to every three minutes between Pelaw and South Gosforth at peak times.

Station Refurbishment

A £6 million revamp of Central Station metro began in September 2015, with the station being closed from 20:00, Sunday to Thursday, reopening each morning as usual.[2] The work was complete by late 2016.

References
  1. "Tyne & Wear Metro usage figures". 2017–2018. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  2. "£6m revamp of Central Station Metro gets underway". Nexus (Press release). 7 September 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
Preceding station   Tyne and Wear Metro   Following station
towards St James via the Coast
Yellow line
towards South Shields
towards Airport
Green line
towards South Hylton


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