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During the construction of the line, a dedicated bus service operated between Bank Foot and Newcastle International Airport. [4] The extension and station opened on 17 November 1991, at a cost of £12 million. The new station at the airport had a pyramid design, and was linked to both platforms and the main airport terminal by covered walkways.
The Tyne and Wear Metro is a light rail network linking South Tyneside and Sunderland with Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Newcastle Airport. The network opened in stages from 11 August 1980, and now serves 60 stations and 48 miles (77 km) of track.
The Tyne and Wear Metro is an overground and underground light rail rapid transit system [4] [5] [6] serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, and the City of Sunderland (together forming Tyne and Wear). The owners Nexus have described it as "Britain’s first light rapid transit system". [7]
MetroWest, formerly known as the Greater Bristol Metro, is a project to improve the rail services in Bristol, England, and the surrounding region. It was first proposed at First Great Western 's Stakeholder Event in March 2008. [ 2 ]
The West of England LEP's Option Development Report, published in 2016, outlined various possible routes for the new railway line: [12] A direct link to the airport from Bristol Temple Meads railway station, branching from the Bristol to Exeter line from Long Ashton, was considered to be a "fully segregated high quality link to the airport, which should provide short journey times" with "good ...
Beaconsfield (between Tynemouth and Cullercoats): Proposed in the 1980s, but planned area development was abandoned. Dorrington Road (west of Fawdon): the proposed station was sited where the Newcastle bypass road was ultimately built. High Lane Row (between Hebburn and Jarrow): Construction to go ahead if the current single track is dualled.
This map is of the Bristol area railways. It includes: The Great Western Main Line from Saltford to Bristol Temple Meads. The Bristol–Taunton line from Long Ashton to Bristol Temple Meads. The South Wales Main Line from Westerleigh Junction to the Severn Tunnel. The Cross Country Route from Bristol Temple Meads to Yate.
This map shows the proposed MetroWest network in Bristol, connecting with North East Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. It includes the following phases of the network: Phase 1: Portishead, Severn Beach and Bath Spa to Bristol. The Portishead Railway, extant from Parson Street to Pill and reopening to a new Portishead station.