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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]
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 first new Tyne and Wear Metro train had to be taken out of service after a technical failure. It was withdrawn in South Gosforth at about 08:00 GMT and had to be "reset" to resolve the fault.
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.
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Newcastle: Newcastle upon Tyne: City of Newcastle upon Tyne: London North Eastern Railway: East Coast Main Line, Durham Coast Line, and Tyne Valley Line: 12 8,426,644 8,756,828 2 Sunderland: Sunderland: City of Sunderland: Northern: Durham Coast Line 2 (+2 Metro platforms) 483,836 447,702 3 MetroCentre: intu Metrocentre: Gateshead: Northern ...
Central Station (also known as Central) is an underground Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the Grainger Town area of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the network on 15 November 1981, following the opening of the third phase of the network, between Haymarket and Heworth .
The station is situated below St James' Park – the home of Newcastle United Football Club. The interior of the station is decorated in black and white stripes (the colours of Newcastle United F.C.), featuring images depicting players and managers from the past and present. When the station was first opened, it was finished in the same colour ...