Gateshead Stadium Metro station
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Gateshead Stadium is a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro, serving Gateshead. The station opened in November 1981, following the network's extension from Haymarket to Heworth. The station is named after the nearby Gateshead International Stadium, which is a short walk away.
When the Tyne and Wear Metro system was first proposed, this station was originally planned to be named Old Fold, after a neighbouring residential area.
An estimated 572,773 passenger journeys were made from the station during 2017–18.[1]
Facilities
Step-free access is available at all stations across the Tyne and Wear Metro network, with ramps providing step-free access to platforms at Gateshead Stadium. The station was refurbished in 2015, along with Felling, and is branded in the new black and white corporate colour scheme.[2] The station is equipped with ticket machines, waiting shelter, 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.[3][4] The station is also fitted with smartcard validators, which feature at all stations across the network.[5][6]
There is no car park at the station. There is the provision for cycle parking, with 2 cycle pods available for use.[7]
Service and frequency
Gateshead Stadium is served by the Green Line , which operates between South Hylton and Airport, and the Yellow Line , which operates between South Shields and St. James.
Services commence between 05:00 and 06:00 (between 06:00 and 07:00 on Sunday), with frequent trains running across the network until around midnight. The Green Line and Yellow Line both operate up to every 12 minutes during the day (Monday to Saturday), and up to every 15 minutes during the evening and on Sunday.
This allows for a combined frequency of up to every 6 minutes (Monday to Saturday), and up to every 7–8 minutes during the evening and on 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, providing a peak time frequency of up to every 3 minutes between Pelaw and South Gosforth.[7]
References
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whatdotheyknowwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Marsh, Michael (13 November 2015). "Gateshead Stadium and Felling Metro stations revamped as part of modernisation programme". Chronicle Live.
- ^ "Metro passengers feel the benefit of contactless payment". Nexus. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Revamp for Metro ticket machines". BBC News. 11 December 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "City Metro stations get new smart ticket machines and gates". Nexus. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Pop card validators at Metro stations are put through their paces". Nexus. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Timetables and stations: Gateshead Stadium". Nexus. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
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