Central Station (also known as Central) is an underground

Tyne and Wear Metro The Tyne and Wear Metro is an overground and underground light rail rapid transit system serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, and the City of Sunderland (together forming Tyne and Wear). The network opened in ...

station, serving the

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area of the city of

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, England. It joined the network on 15 November 1981, following the opening of the third phase of the network, between

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and Heworth. The station is named after

Newcastle Central railway station Newcastle Central Station (also known simply as Newcastle and locally as Central Station) is a major railway station in Newcastle upon Tyne. It is located on the East Coast Main Line, around north of . It is the primary national rail station ...

, which stands directly above it.

History

Central Station joined the

network on 15 November 1981, following the opening of the third phase of the network, between

and Heworth. The station is located below , the

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station from which it gets its name. It is the third-busiest on the network after and . The station has entrances from inside the

station, and from the street. Metro serves as a replacement for some routes that had formerly been operated from the mainline station towards & via the

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. In 1984, Metro reached , replacing

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services. In 2002, Metro was extended to and , where it shares tracks between and Sunderland with

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services on the

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Refurbishment

Between September 2015 and March 2017, the station was refurbished – a project costing £6million.

Facilities

The station has two platforms, seating, next train audio and visual displays, timetable and information posters and an emergency help point. The ticket hall is located on the upper level, with ticket machines (which accept cash, card and

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) and automatic ticket barriers, which were installed at 13 stations across the network during the early 2010s. There is step-free access to both platforms by lift, with platforms also linked by escalator and staircase.

Services

, the station is served by up to ten trains per hour on weekdays and Saturday, and up to eight trains per hour during the evening and on Sunday. Additional services operate between and , , or at peak times. Rolling stock used: Class 599 ''Metrocar''

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References

External links

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Timetable and station information
for Central Station {{Tyne and Wear Metro network Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1981 Railway stations located underground in the United Kingdom Railway stations with vitreous enamel panels 1981 establishments in England