Haymarket Metro station

Haymarket is a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro, serving the city centre in Newcastle upon Tyne. The station joined the network in August 1980, following the opening of the line between Haymarket and Tynemouth – the first stage of the network to open.

Haymarket
Tyne and Wear Metro
Location
PlaceNewcastle upon Tyne
Local authorityNewcastle upon Tyne
Coordinates54.9774°N 1.6139°W / 54.9774; -1.6139
Fare zone information
Metro zoneA
Network One1
Original zone26
Station codeHAY
Operations
Platforms2
Escalators3
Usage
Metro Usage3.22[1] million
History
Opened 11 August 1980
List of stations

Following the opening of the line between Haymarket and Heworth in November 1981,[2] the station opened to through services. Prior to this, trains reversed using the crossover between Haymarket and Monument.

Haymarket is located at the northern end of Northumberland Street. It is a short walk from both Newcastle and Northumbria University, Newcastle Civic Centre and the Great North Museum: Hancock. It is located around 100 m (330 ft) from Haymarket Bus Station, and 250 m (820 ft) from Eldon Square Bus Station.

It is the deepest station on the Tyne and Wear Metro network. Prior to the station's refurbishment in the late 2000s, the staircase (since replaced by a third escalator) had 105 steps. The station also has underground rooms, restricted from the public, which contain archives and various historical documents.

The station was used by 3,216,144 passengers in 2017–18, making it the second-most-used station on the network after Monument (5,245,507).

Haymarket Hub

In August 2006, final plans for the complete reconstruction of the station, costing £20 million, were released.[3] Plans for a proposed £9 million facelift for the station had previously been announced, in 2004.[4]

Tolent Construction was appointed as contractor for the project, and was headed by the development vehicle, 42nd Street Haymarket Hub.[5] Reid Jubb Brown were the building's architects, with Arup employed as consulting engineers.

Newcastle-based creative communications agency, Gardiner Richardson, alongside University of Sunderland lecturer, Lothar Goetz, worked on redeveloping the station's passenger areas. Gardiner Richardson's work centred on updating Tyne and Wear Metro corporate branding, including the colour palette and signage. Lothar Goetz created an artwork, Canon, using a number of coloured vitreous enamel panels in the concourse, escalator shaft and platform area.

A total of £5 million was spent on refurbishing the passenger area of the station, with work completed in 2009.[6] The station now serves as a blueprint for other station modernisation projects within the Metro: All Change programme,[7] with Central refurbished to a similar style in 2017.[8][9]

The Princess Royal, Princess Anne, officially opened the newly refurbished Haymarket on 29 March 2010, after travelling on the Tyne and Wear Metro from Jesmond.[10][11] Haymarket Hub was shortlisted for the 2010 Carbuncle Cup – an architecture prize, given annually by Building Design to "the ugliest building in the United Kingdom completed in the last 12 months".[12]

Facilities

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 Haymarket. As part of the station's refurbishment, lifts and escalators were replaced, with an additional third escalator installed. The station is equipped with ticket machines, seating, next train information displays, timetable posters, and an emergency help point on both platforms. Ticket machines are able to accept payment with credit and debit card (including contactless payment), notes and coins.[13][14] 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.[15][16] The station houses a number of shops, services and offices, as well as a Nexus TravelShop.

There is no dedicated car parking available at the station. There is a taxi rank located adjacent to the nearby Haymarket Bus Station. There is also the provision for cycle parking, with 46 cycle spaces and 20 cycle racks available for use.[17]

Service and frequency

Haymarket 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 05:14 and 05:07 (05:19 and 05:15 on Saturday and 06:19 and 06:30 on Sunday).[note 1] Services from platform 2 operate towards Airport and St. James via Whitley Bay, with the first trains departing at 05:58 and 05:49 (06:24 and 06:02 on Saturday and 06:47 and 07:02 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.[17]

Journey times from Haymarket are:

  • The former 1980s circular station building at Haymarket, prior to refurbishment in the late 2000s.
  • The new Haymarket Hub, with construction nearing completion in May 2009.
  • The southbound platform at Haymarket, following the station's refurbishment.
  • Lothar Goetz's Cannon art installation features a variety of coloured vitreous enamel panels.

References
  1. "Tyne and Wear Metro usage figures 2017–2018". Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  2. "Royal opening takes metro over the Tyne to Gateshead". Railway Gazette International. November 1981. p. 966.
  3. "Nexus welcomes £20m facelift at Haymarket Metro station". Nexus. 18 August 2006. Archived from the original on 4 June 2007. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  4. "£9m new look for Haymarket Metro". ChronicleLive. 6 April 2004. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
  5. "Preliminary Announcement of Results for the Year Ended 31st December 2007" (Press release). Reuters. 6 March 2008. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
  6. "Haymarket continues to go up in the world". Nexus. 29 April 2008. Archived from the original on 4 August 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  7. "Nexus announces details of Metro: all change modernisation programme". Nexus. 4 December 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  8. "£6m Newcastle Central Metro station refurbishment complete". Rail Technology Magazine. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  9. "£6m refurbishment of Metro's Newcastle Central Station completed". Nexus. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  10. "Princess Royal set to open Haymarket Metro". ChronicleLive. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
  11. "Princess Anne officially opens Metro station revamp". BBC News. 29 March 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  12. Woodman, Ellis (12 August 2010). "Strata tower wins 2010 Carbuncle Cup". Building Design. London: United Business Media. ISSN 0007-3423. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  13. "Metro passengers feel the benefit of contactless payment". Nexus. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  14. "Revamp for Metro ticket machines". BBC News. 11 December 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  15. "City Metro stations get new smart ticket machines and gates". Nexus. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  16. "Pop card validators at Metro stations are put through their paces". Nexus. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  17. "Timetables and stations: Haymarket". Nexus. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

Notes
  1. Some earlier trains operate as far as Pelaw or Park Lane.
Preceding station   Tyne and Wear Metro   Following station
towards St James
Yellow line
towards South Shields
towards Airport
Green line
towards South Hylton
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