Central Station Metro station

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Location
Place	Newcastle City Centre
Local authority	Newcastle
Fare zone information
Network Zone	26
Metro Zone	A
History
Opened	15 November 1981
Tyne and Wear Metro List of Tyne and Wear Metro stations

Central Station is an underground station on the Tyne and Wear Metro, which is located below the main line Newcastle railway station. There are entrances to it from both inside and outside the main line station.

Metro services from this station replaced some routes that had formerly been operated from the mainline station towards Benton and Tynemouth via the North Tyneside Loop. In 1984 Metro reached South Shields Metro station replacing British Rail train services to South Shields. In 2002 Metro commenced services to Sunderland and South Hylton, sharing tracks with Northern Rail services on the Durham Coast Line between Pelaw and Sunderland.

[edit] See also

• Newcastle Central - the adjacent mainline National Rail station

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Central Station Metro station from Nexus

• Central Station Metro station is at coordinates 54°58′09″N 1°36′59″W / 54.9691, -1.6163 (Central Station Metro station)Coordinates: 54°58′09″N 1°36′59″W / 54.9691, -1.6163 (Central Station Metro station)

Preceding station		Tyne and Wear Metro		Following station
Monument toward St James via the Coast		Yellow line		Gateshead toward South Shields
Monument toward Airport		Green line		Gateshead toward South Hylton