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South Gosforth is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, and former British Rail station, serving the suburb of Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England.It originally opened on 27 June 1864 , as part of the Blyth and Tyne Railway, and became part of the Tyne and Wear Metro on 11 August 1980.
The history of Newcastle dates from AD 122, when the Romans built the first bridge to cross the River Tyne at that point. The bridge was called Pons Aelius or 'Bridge of Aelius', Aelius being the family name of Roman Emperor Hadrian, [1] who was responsible for the Roman wall built across northern England along the Tyne–Solway gap.
In addition, Jesmond, Manors, and Central Station are all purpose-built underground stations that were built near to, and share names with, previous suburban stations, and South Shields is built upon a bridge closer to the town centre than the previous mainline station of that name.
Kenton was formerly a township in the parish of Gosforth, [9] in 1866 Kenton became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Newcastle upon Tyne. [10] In 1931 the parish had a population of 417. [11] In 1974 it became part of the metropolitan district of Newcastle upon Tyne.
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 .
Haymarket is an area in the north of central Newcastle upon Tyne. The area has several transport hubs including Eldon Square bus station , Haymarket bus station and Haymarket Metro station . Haymarket features the facades of Newcastle Civic Centre , Newcastle University and Northumbria University .
The River God Tyne Newcastle Civic Centre: 1968: David Wynne: George Kenyon: Wall mounted bronze statue Grade II* [23] [2] [3] [4] More images: Swans in Flight Newcastle Civic Centre: 1968: David Wynne: George Kenyon: Bronze statues Grade II* [23] [2] [3] [4] Seahorse Heads Top of Civic Centre tower: 1968: JRM McCheyne: George Kenyon
Airport (also known as Newcastle Airport) is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving Newcastle International Airport, Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the network as a terminus station on 17 November 1991, following the opening of the extension from Bank Foot to Airport.