Wansbeck Road Metro station

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Wansbeck Road
Location
Place	Coxlodge
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

Wansbeck Road is a station on the Green Line of the Tyne and Wear Metro, which opened May 10, 1981. It is built on an embankment above Wansbeck Road. A second concrete span was added to the original single-track bridge in 1978-1979 as the Metro was being built. The platforms are on opposite sides of the road.

The line was originally part of the Ponteland Railway, opened in 1905, and the station is close to the point at which it crossed over the now-dismantled Fawdon Waggonway. The bridge, west of the station, is still in use as a pedestrian underpass.

Regent Farm First School is situated on one side of the road. On the other there is a housing estate and a small shopping centre (which includes Co-Op and Kwik Save stores).

[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 Wansbeck Road Metro station from Nexus

• Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 55.0143° -1.6358°
  • 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
Fawdon toward Airport		Green line		Regent Centre toward South Hylton