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Metrocentre is a shopping centre and entertainment complex in the Dunston area of Gateshead. It is located on the former site of Dunston Power Station , near to the River Tyne . Metrocentre opened in stages, with the first phase opening on 28 April 1986, and the official opening being held on 14 October that year.
MetroCentre is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between Newcastle and Carlisle via Hexham. The station, situated 3 miles 39 chains (3.49 mi; 5.61 km) west of Newcastle, serves Metrocentre, Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains .
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). It has been described as the "first modern light rail system in the United Kingdom". [ 7 ]
Metrocentre Interchange serves the Metrocentre in Gateshead. The bus station was originally constructed in the late 1980s, opened in 1987. [1] In the early 2000s, the former bus station was demolished, with the current bus station opened in October 2004. [2][3] A footbridge connects Metrocentre Interchange with the railway station and coach park.
Newcastle station (also known as Newcastle Central and locally as Central Station) is a railway station in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom. It is located on the East Coast Main Line , around 268 miles (432 km) north of London King's Cross . [ 2 ]
MetroCentre: intu Metrocentre: Gateshead: Northern Tyne Valley Line 2 350,376 335,088 4 Heworth: Heworth: Gateshead Northern Durham Coast Line 2 20,784 21,064 5 Blaydon: Blaydon-on-Tyne: Gateshead Northern Tyne Valley Line 2 15,128 14,116 6 Dunston: Dunston: Gateshead Northern Tyne Valley Line 2 10,618 12,966 7 Manors: Eastern Newcastle upon Tyne
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 Metro is one of only two urban rail networks in the United Kingdom ...
Central Station. 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.