Central Station Metro station

"Central Metro station" redirects here. For other stations called Central, see Central Station (disambiguation).

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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.

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. 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. The work was complete by late 2016.

Gallery

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  Entrance from inside Newcastle Central station
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  Grainger Street entrance
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  Station concourse

External links

• Train times and station information for Central Station Metro station from Nexus