Jesmond Metro station
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English: Jesmond 54°58′58″N 1°36′20″W / 54.9828°N 1.6056°W is a station on the Green & Yellow Lines of the Tyne and Wear Metro.
Opened | New or converted |
Number of platforms | Track alignment | Tyne & Wear metropolitan borough |
11 August 1980 | New | 2 | NNE-SSW | Newcastle upon Tyne |
Layout | ||||
Two underground side platforms at the start of a cut and cover tunnel (which marks the start of the tunnel section heading south, under Newcastle city centre), with a station building above the platforms at ground level | ||||
Platform no. and position |
Direction of travel |
Previous stop |
Route | Next stop |
Platform 1 East |
Southbound | West Jesmond | Yellow Line to South Shields (stop 27 of 42) | Haymarket |
Green Line to South Hylton (stop 11 of 31) | ||||
Platform 2 West |
Northbound | Haymarket | Yellow Line to St James (stop 16 of 42) | West Jesmond |
Green Line to Airport (stop 21 of 31) | ||||
Notes | ||||
None | ||||
Station buildings | ||||
A rectangular station hall in the original style (black/white), 80' by 70', with an indent in the NE face for a sculpture park | ||||
Access | ||||
Ground level access via an entrance in the SW side of the station building; then internal access to platform levels | ||||
Protection from the elements | ||||
Tunnel roofs | ||||
Interchanges | ||||
None |
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One of the exterior Metro pole signs advertising the presence of a station nearby
10 April 2010 -
The south west side of the station building (the entrance/exit)
27 June 2009 -
The south west side of the station building (the entrance/exit)
9 August 2013 -
One of the illuminated exterior signs which are above the entrance/exit of the station building
20 September 2010 -
The north east side of the station building (opposite the entrance/exit side)
9 August 2013 -
The north east side of the station building (opposite the entrance/exit side)
9 July 2007 -
The view along Platform 1
10 April 2010 -
The view from the front of Metrocar No. 4089 as it enters Platform 1, en route to South Hylton
10 October 2005 -
The view south down Platform 2, as a train bound for St James arrives
26 March 2007 -
The view from the front of a Metrocar as it enters Platform 2, en route to Airport
1 March 2010 -
The view from the front of a Metrocar as it comes to stop in Platform 2, en route to Airport
1 March 2010