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The majority of the route of the extension uses the alignment of the Ponteland Railway, with a short (around 0.2 miles or 0.32 kilometres) section of new right-of-way at the airport end. The Ponteland Railway opened in June 1905, closing to passenger services in June 1929, with goods services operating into the late 1960s.
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.
In 1991 the Metro line was extended from Bank Foot to Newcastle Airport. [2] The station was used by 326,399 passengers in 2017–18, making it the fifth-most-used station on the Airport branch. [1] In 2018, the station, along with others on the Airport branch, were refurbished as part of the Metro: All Change programme. The project saw ...
During November 1991, the Tyne and Wear Metro was extended to Newcastle Airport at a cost of £12 million. [8] The new section of track, covering a distance of around 2.2 miles (3.5 km), continued along the alignment of the former Ponteland Railway , with two stations constructed at Callerton Parkway and Airport .
The following year, the construction of the extension of the Metro from Bank Foot to Newcastle Airport commenced, after funding had been secured from the European Economic Community (now the European Union). The extension used the alignment of the former freight line to the west of Bank Foot, ownership of which was transferred to the Metro. [2] [4]
The new metro line opened on 10 May 1981, along with the new station and interchange. Freight traffic to and from Rowntree's factory and ICI Callerton continued to pass through the station until they closed in July 1988 and March 1989 respectively. In 1991 the Metro line was extended from Bank Foot to Newcastle Airport. [2]
Callerton Parkway is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the hamlet of Black Callerton and suburb of Woolsington, in the English city of Newcastle upon Tyne.It is adjacent to a level crossing that carries Callerton Lane across the rail line.
Newcastle International Airport (IATA: NCL, ICAO: EGNT) is an international airport serving Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Located approximately 7.7 mi (12.4 km) from Newcastle City Centre , it is the primary and busiest airport in North East England , and the second busiest in Northern England .