Byker Metro station

English: Byker 54.9761°N 1.5798°W / 54.9761; -1.5798 (Byker Metro station) is a station on the Yellow Line of the Tyne and Wear Metro, serving Byker, an area in the east-end of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Opened	New or converted	Number of platforms	Track alignment	Tyne & Wear metropolitan borough
14 November 1982	New	2	E-W	Newcastle upon Tyne
Layout
Two side platforms at the start of a cutting for the entrance to a tunnel to the east, with the station building built over the eastern end
Platform no. and position	Direction of travel	Previous stop	Route	Next stop
Platform 1 North	Eastbound	Manors	Yellow Line to South Shields (stop 04 of 42)	Chillingham Road
Platform 2 South	Westbound	Chillingham Road	Yellow Line to St James (stop 39 of 42)	Manors
Notes
None
Station buildings
A rectangular station hall in the original style (white), 110' by 60'
Access
Steps down from a road running past the east side of the station building, then ramps down from the west side to the west ends of the platforms
Protection from the elements
Station building underside, plus 35' of platform canopy attached to both cutting side walls
Interchanges
bus

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  The view west to the entrance of the station building
  28 March 2010
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  The view west to the entrance of the station building
  8 May 2009
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  The view west to the entrance of the station building
  26 December 2009
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  The view south along the east side of the station building, with the Byker Wall in the background
  31 August 2009
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  The view west inside the station building, with stairs left and right to Platforms 2 & 1
  31 August 2009
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  The view east from track level, prior to opening (minus overhead wires)
  27 October 1979
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  The view east along Platform 1 to the tunnel mouth
  31 August 2009
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  Looking north west from Platform 1 to a train arriving at Platform 2, bound for South Shields
  4 October 2007
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  Looking west along Platform 1 to an approaching train
  24 February 2008
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  A network map
  31 August 2009