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The airport is easily accessible by Metro (roughly 5am to 11pm), with up to five trains per hour serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead and Sunderland, with connections to North Tyneside and South Tyneside. It is also served by bus services [b] from Newcastle upon Tyne, Woolsington, Ponteland and Darras Hall.
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 ]
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. [3] [28]
Bus services expanded steadily between the wars. Between 1938 and 1941 Bristol's tramways were abandoned, and buses replaced the tram routes. [6] Bristol Tramways was state-owned from 1948. Expansion of services continued, to serve the new estates built on the edges of the city. But from 1954 passenger numbers started to decline. [2]
The Bristol bus station, in Marlborough Street, was opened in 1958. It was redeveloped in 2006 There are three main bus companies operating across the Greater Bristol area. They are First West of England, [1] Stagecoach South West and Big Lemon. They provide services around Bristol and into South Gloucestershire and North Somerset.
In November 2016, the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership began a consultation process on their Transport Vision Summary Document, outlining potential light rail/tram routes from the city centre to Bristol Airport, the eastern and north west fringes of the city, and a route along the A4 road to Bath. [14]
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.
As of October 2024, the station is served by up to five trains per hour on weekdays and Saturday, and up to four trains per hour during the evening and on Sunday. In the southbound direction, trains run to South Hylton via Newcastle and Sunderland. In the northbound direction, trains run to Newcastle Airport. [9] [14] [a]