Monument Metro station

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For the London Underground station see Bank and Monument stations

Monument is a principal station on the underground section of the Tyne and Wear Metro system. It is named after Grey's Monument, which stands outside the station.

It is the only metro station in the world where the same metro line passes through it twice in a pretzel configuration (while a similar situation exists on the Vancouver SkyTrain, the intersection of the two parts of the same line are treated as separate stations). Trains on the yellow line from South Shields travel north through the station towards Haymarket, Gosforth and the Coast, and return westwards via Wallsend and Manors towards St James'. (A similar situation also existed briefly on the Toronto Subway.)

The ticket hall opens directly into the lowest level of Monument Mall, and has a more indirect underground connection to Eldon Square shopping centre, as well as exits to Blackett Street and Grey Street.

Preceding station	Tyne and Wear Metro Lines			Following station
Central		Yellow line		Haymarket
		Green line
Manors		Yellow line		St James'