Central Station
Tyne and Wear Metro station
General information
Location	Grainger Town, Newcastle upon Tyne England
Coordinates	54°58′10″N 1°37′00″W / 54.9693665°N 1.6167186°W / 54.9693665; -1.6167186
Grid reference	NZ246638
Transit authority	Tyne and Wear PTE
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Bicycle facilities	50 cycle racks (in National Rail station)
Accessible	Step-free access to platform
Other information
Station code	CEN
Fare zone	A
History
Original company	Tyne and Wear Metro
Key dates
15 November 1981	Opened
Passengers
2017/18	2.71 million[1]
Services
Preceding station Tyne and Wear Metro Following station Gateshead towards South Hylton Green Line Monument towards Airport Gateshead towards South Shields Yellow Line Monument towards St James via Whitley Bay
Location
Central Station Location in City of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear Show map of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central Station Location in Tyne and Wear, England Show map of Tyne and Wear

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 named after Newcastle Central railway station, which stands directly above it.

History

Central Station joined the Tyne and Wear Metro network on 15 November 1981, following the opening of the third phase of the network, between Haymarket and Heworth.

The station is located below Newcastle Central, the National Rail station from which it gets its name. It is the third-busiest on the network after Monument and Haymarket. The station has entrances from inside the National Rail station, and from the street.

Metro serves as a replacement for some routes that had formerly been operated from the mainline station towards Benton & Tynemouth via the North Tyneside Loop. In 1984, Metro reached South Shields, replacing British Rail services. In 2002, Metro was extended to Sunderland and South Hylton, where it shares tracks between Pelaw and Sunderland with Northern services on the Durham Coast Line.

Refurbishment

Between September 2015 and March 2017, the station was refurbished – a project costing £6 million.^[2][3]

Facilities

The station has two platforms, seating, next train audio and visual displays, timetable and information posters and an emergency help point. The ticket hall is located on the upper level, with ticket machines (which accept cash, card and contactless payment) and automatic ticket barriers, which were installed at 13 stations across the network during the early 2010s.^[4][5] There is step-free access to both platforms by lift, with platforms also linked by escalator and staircase.^[6]

Services

As of April 2021^[update], the station is served by up to ten trains per hour on weekdays and Saturday, and up to eight trains per hour during the evening and on Sunday. Additional services operate between Pelaw and Benton, Monkseaton, Regent Centre or South Gosforth at peak times.^[7]

Rolling stock used: Class 599 Metrocar

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