Gateshead Interchange

Step-free access is available at all stations across the Tyne and Wear Metro network, with a lift providing step-free access to platforms at Gateshead. The station is equipped with ticket machines, seating, next train information displays, timetable posters, and an emergency help point. Ticket machines are able to accept payment with credit and debit card (including contactless payment), notes and coins.[6][7] The station is fitted with automatic ticket barriers, which were installed at 13 stations across the network during the early 2010s, as well as smartcard validators, which feature at all stations.[8][9]

There is no dedicated car parking available at the station, however there are a number of pay and display car parks operated by Gateshead Council located nearby. A taxi rank is located on Walker Terrace. There is the provision for cycle parking, with 4 cycle lockers, 5 cycle racks and 5 cycle pods available for use. A large bus interchange is located on the upper level, providing frequent connections across the region.[10]

Gateshead is served by the  Green Line , which operates between South Hylton and Airport, with an end-to-end journey time of 64 minutes, and the  Yellow Line , which operates between South Shields and St. James, with an end-to-end journey time of 83 minutes.

Services from platform 1 operate towards South Hylton and South Shields, with the first trains departing at 05:20 and 05:13 (05:25 and 05:20 on Saturday and 06:24 and 06:35 on Sunday).[note 1] Services from platform 2 operate towards Airport and St. James via Whitley Bay, with the first trains departing at 05:52 and 05:43 (06:19 and 05:57 on Saturday and 06:42 and 06:57 on Sunday).

Trains run frequently across the network, at intervals of up to every 12 minutes (Monday to Saturday daytime), and every 15 minutes (evening and Sunday), with the last trains departing at around midnight. Combined, trains run at intervals of up to every 6 minutes (Monday to Saturday daytime), and every 7–8 minutes (evening and Sunday) between Pelaw and South Gosforth.

Additional trains run during morning and evening peak hours (Monday to Friday) between Pelaw and Regent Centre or Monkseaton. This provides a train up to every 3 minutes through the station at peak times.[10]

Journey times from Gateshead are:

Gateshead Interchange
Location	West Street Gateshead
Coordinates	54.9617°N 1.6038°W / 54.9617; -1.6038
Owned by	Tyne and Wear PTE (Nexus)
Operated by	Tyne and Wear PTE (Nexus)
Bus stands	14
Connections	Gateshead
Construction
Parking	Nearby car parking operated by Gateshead Council
Bicycle facilities	4 cycle lockers 5 cycle racks 5 cycle pods
Other information
Fare zone	Network One: 1 Transfare: Yellow
Website	www.nexus.org.uk/bus/bus-stations-and-stops/gateshead-bus-station
History
Opened	15 November 1981
Rebuilt	29 March 2004
Location
Gateshead Interchange Location within Tyne and Wear

Gateshead Interchange is located above the Tyne and Wear Metro station. It originally opened in November 1981, and upon opening, was operated by Northern General – despite being designed in the house style of the Tyne and Wear PTE.

The original bus station was demolished and re-built in the early 2000s, to a design by Jefferson Sheard Architects. It was officially re-opened on 29 March 2004, by the then Secretary of State for Transport, Alistair Darling.[11] The building houses a number of shops and services, as well as a Nexus TravelShop.[12]

Danny Lane's Opening Line installation features in the bus station, and consists of a sequence of forms in steel and glass, stretching about 90 m (300 ft) in length, 1 m (3.3 ft) in width, and up to 5 m (16 ft) in height.[13][14]

It is served by Arriva North East and Go North East's local bus services, with frequent routes serving Gateshead and Newcastle upon Tyne, as well as County Durham, South Tyneside, Sunderland and Teesside. The bus station has 13 departure stands (lettered A–N), with an additional stand used by long-distance coach services. Each stand is fitted with seating, next bus information displays, and timetable posters.

From Gateshead Interchange, a number of local attractions can be reached by bus, including: Angel of the North (21), Beamish Museum (28, 28A and 28B), Saltwell Park (53), Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Sage Gateshead and Quayside (Q1), and Metrocentre (X66).

As of June 2020, the stand allocation is:

Stand	Route	Destination
A	1A	Metrocentre      via Dunston
	1B	Metrocentre      via Dunston
	94	QE Hospital      via Team Valley
B	53	Saltwell Park
	97	Metrocentre      via Whickham
	X31	Stanley      via Sunniside
	X32	Stanley      via Team Valley
	X70	Consett      via Sunniside
	X71	Consett      via Sunniside
	X72	Consett      via Sunniside
C	28	Chester-le-Street      via Wrekenton & Birtley
	28A	Chester-le-Street      via Kibblesworth & Birtley
	28B	Chester-le-Street      via Kibblesworth & Birtley
	29	Kibblesworth      via Low Fell
	93	QE Hospital      via Heworth
	Q1	Central Station      via Quayside
	TB29	Bensham Hospital
D	No services operate from this stand
E	58	Heworth      via Felling
	Q1	Wrekenton      via Heworth
F	49	Winlaton      via Metrocentre
	49A	Winlaton      via Metrocentre
	49C	Winlaton      via Metrocentre
G	X66	Metrocentre
H	1A	Whitley Bay      via North Shields
	1B	Whitley Bay      via North Shields
	921	Rainton Bridge      via The Galleries
	X9	Middlesbrough      via Peterlee
	X10	Middlesbrough      via Dalton Park
J	56	Sunderland      via Concord
	57	Wardley      via QE Hospital
	X1	Easington Lane      via The Galleries
	X1A	Picktree Village      via The Galleries
K	Q2	Heworth      via Wrekenton
L	21	Durham      via Chester-le-Street
	25	Langley Park      via Chester-le-Street
	X12	Middlesbrough      via Durham
	X21	West Auckland      via Durham
M	26	South Shields      via Jarrow
	27	South Shields      via Jarrow
N	Services to Newcastle City Centre & Eldon Square

• Gateshead Nexus TravelShop
• Local area map and onward travel information for Gateshead
• Timetable and station information for Gateshead
• Media related to Gateshead Interchange at Wikimedia Commons

Preceding station		Tyne and Wear Metro		Following station
Central towards St James		Yellow line		Gateshead Stadium towards South Shields
Central towards Airport		Green line		Gateshead Stadium towards South Hylton