Fawdon Metro station

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Fawdon
Location
Place	Fawdon
Local authority	Newcastle
Fare zone information
Network Zone	17
Metro Zone	B
History
Opened	1981-05-10
Tyne and Wear Metro List of Tyne and Wear Metro stations

Fawdon Metro station serves the Fawdon area of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. It is on the Green line of the Tyne and Wear Metro, and opened in 1981.

The station is located where the Metro route crosses Fawdon Lane on an automatic open level crossing, the station platforms are located on opposite sides of the road. Just behind the platform towards South Shields is Fawdon Shopping Centre.

[edit] Ticketing anomalies

Different zonal fare systems are used for Metro single tickets and inter-modal Transfare tickets, which means that for a number of journeys a Transfare may actually be cheaper than a standard Metro-only ticket.

Station	Network Zone	Metro Zone
Ilford Road	17	A
Jesmond	17	A
West Jesmond	17	A

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Fawdon Metro station from Nexus

• Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 55.0136° -1.6440°
  • Satellite image from WikiMapia or Google Map
  • Street map from Multimap or GlobalGuide
  • Aerial image from TerraServer

Previous station		Tyne and Wear Metro		Next station
Kingston Park toward Airport		Green line		Wansbeck Road toward South Hylton