Wallsend Metro station

Wallsend
Wallsend station is possibly the only station in Britain with signs in Latin.
Location
Place	Wallsend
Local authority	North Tyneside
Fare zone information
Network One zone	2
Metro zone	B
Original (1979) zone	27
Station code	WSD
History
Opened	1839-06-19
Closed for conversion	1980-08-11
Metro since	1982-11-14
Tyne and Wear Metro List of Tyne and Wear Metro stations

An image of the local Jobcentre facetiously labelled "Forum Venalicium" ("slave market")

Wallsend Metro station is located towards the centre of Wallsend, a town on the north bank of the River Tyne, in Tyne and Wear, England. The station was originally opened on 19 June 1839 by the Newcastle & North Shields Railway, and was reopened as a Tyne and Wear Metro station on 14 November 1982. When converted for Metro use, the unattractive station buildings were demolished, and the station was rebuilt in the standard Metro style.

Wallsend Metro station is the only public facility in Britain in which the signage is in Latin. This is a nod to its location near the Segedunum Roman fort at the end of Hadrian's Wall. The station also includes a number of photographs of local shops and facilities which have been digitally altered so that their names appear in Latin. It is one of only three stations in England to have bilingual signage, the others being Southall (which has signs in Punjabi) and St Pancras International (French); both these stations are in London.

Upon its opening it served as a major interchange, as it was located adjacent to the Wallsend bus station, which had facilities for the staff and drivers of the PTE's services. Wallsend bus station is a terminus for many local services and provides bus links to many points within North Tyneside and Newcastle, offering much more convenient stops for passengers than the Metro line itself, which by the nature of light rail cannot stop as often. In the late 1990s, Wallsend bus station lost its facilities for the staff, but retained its standing as a major terminus. In 2008-9 the metro station was used by 718,890 passengers.

Ticketing anomalies

Different zonal fare systems are used for Metro single tickets and inter-modal Transfare tickets, which means that for a number of journeys a Transfare may actually be cheaper than a standard Metro-only ticket.

Station	Network Zone	Metro Zone
Byker	27	A
Chillingham Road	27	A

List of Bus Services

The following are the bus services currently using Wallsend Bus Station, correct to 24 March 2013. . .

Key

• - Route serves a Tyne & Wear Metro station.

Route	To	Via	Operator	Days of Operation (if not 7 days)
12	Fenham	St.Anthonys, Byker & Newcastle	Stagecoach in Newcastle
17	Whitley Bay Seafront	Rosehill, Royal Quays & North Shields	Go North East & Nexus(#)	Mon-Sat daytime.
	Benton ASDA	Hadrian Lodge
Note - 1 journey/hour extended to Cramlington, evening/Sun service operates Rosehill-Benton only (1 journey/hour extended to Cramlington), (#)Sunday service.
17A	Whitley Bay Seafront	Rosehill, North Shields & Preston Grange	Nexus	Mon-Sat evening & all-day Sun.
18	Forest Hall	Walker, Byker & Longbenton	Stagecoach in Newcastle	Mon-Sat daytime.
22	Throckley Leazes	Byker , Newcastle & Lemington	Stagecoach in Newcastle
40	Chapel House	Byker , Newcastle & Denton Burn	Stagecoach in Newcastle
40 41	Circular Service	High Farm, Hadrian Park & Howden (40) Howden, Hadrian Park & High Farm (41)	Go North East	"North Tyne Links".
80	North Shields	Rosehill, Cobalt & North Tyneside General Hospital	Go North East	Mon-Sat daytime.
392	Marden Estate	Rosehill, Billy Mill & North Shields	Go North East	1 journey, Mon-Fri.
	DSS Longbenton	Hadrian Lodge

External links

• Train times and station information for Wallsend Metro station from Nexus
• Artist's Website Latin signage and map of Hadrian's Wall in the style of the Nexus metro map by artist Michael Pinsky

• Buses from the station
• Buses to the station

Preceding station		Tyne and Wear Metro		Following station
Walkergate towards St James		Yellow line		Hadrian Road towards South Shields