Four Lane Ends Interchange

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Four Lane Ends
This station, purpose-built as part of the first section of the Metro system opening in 1980, is one of the major transport interchanges of the flagship integrated transport network.
Location
Place	Longbenton
Local authority	North Tyneside
Fare zone information
Network Zone	17
Metro Zone	B
Operations
Platforms	2
Escalators	2 both 'up' escalators
History
Opened	1980-08-11
Tyne and Wear Metro List of Tyne and Wear Metro stations

Four Lane Ends Metro station is a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro network. It forms part of a major transport interchange located on the boundary of North Tyneside and Newcastle upon Tyne in England. The station is located at the junction of Benton Lane (A188), Benton Park Road (A191) and Front Street (A191). The crossroads has historically been important for traders, cattle drivers, and those transporting local salts and lime towards the shipyards and factories in Newcastle.

The station was erected specifically to service the Metro light rail system, opening in August 1980. Whilst the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Authority utilised existing stations where possible, such as at Whitley Bay and Tynemouth, new stations such as Four Lane Ends had a definite corporate look of rectangular blocks, light enamelled wall panels, and black roofing. The interchange was redeveloped in 2004 to include a multi-storey car park and improved facilities. Despite the redevelopment of the interchange the station concourse remains unchanged.

Nearby employment sites such as the Government complex at Longbenton, which houses DWP and HMRC offices, mean that the station is one of the most used on the Metro system. Regular bus services depart the interchange for destinations towards Killingworth, the MetroCentre, Newcastle city centre, Northumberland and Wallsend.

[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.