Northumberland Park Metro station

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Northumberland Park
Northumberland Park Metro station under construction in 2005.
Location
Place	Backworth
Local authority	North Tyneside
Fare zone information
Network Zone	18
Metro Zone	B
History
Opened	2005-12-11
Tyne and Wear Metro List of Tyne and Wear Metro stations

Northumberland Park Metro station is a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro Yellow Line, in North Tyneside near Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It serves a new housing development known as Northumberland Park. It is situated between Palmersville and Shiremoor.

The Metro station began operating on 11 December 2005 and was officially opened on 13 December 2005 by Prof Tony Ridley, the first Director General of Nexus. The station is purpose built for Metro and is the first new station to be built since the Sunderland extension in 2002. It is located on the approximate site of the Backworth railway station, which closed in 1979 and was demolished prior to the construction of the Metro. Backworth was the only station on the North Tyneside Loop not included in the system, apart from Heaton station (which was on a part of the alignment not used in the Metro).

The station is also served by bus route 19 which links Northumberland Park with the Silverlink Business Park, Royal Quays and the Shields Ferry.

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Northumberland Park Metro station from Nexus

• Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 55.0331° -1.5198°
  • Satellite image from WikiMapia or Google Map
  • Street map from Multimap or GlobalGuide
  • Aerial image from TerraServer

• Route 19 website

Previous station		Tyne and Wear Metro		Next station
Shiremoor toward St James via the Coast		Yellow line		Palmersville toward South Shields