Kingston Park Metro station

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Kingston Park
Tyne & Wear Metro train at Kingston Park station
Location
Place	Kingston Park
Local authority	Newcastle
Fare zone information
Network Zone	16
Metro Zone	B
History
Opened	1985-09-15
Tyne and Wear Metro List of Tyne and Wear Metro stations

Kingston Park Metro station serves the Kingson Park suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne and a retail park some 6 kilometres north of the city centre.

The suburb was largely built in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and its Metro station was not part of the original system, because the area did not have the required population density when the Tyne & Wear Metro was first planned. The station opened in 1985, more than four years after Metro had commenced services on the route passing through Kingston Park.

The adjacent retail park includes a Tesco Extra store, currently the largest supermarket in Britain.^[1]^[2] The station signage features prominent Tesco-sponsored branding.

The station is located where the Metro route crosses Brunton Lane on an automatic open level crossing, the station platforms are located on opposite sides of the road and have no direct link. One needs to walk over the crossing and across a small section of street to reach the other platform.

[edit] See also

Kingston Park for information on the surrounding district.

[edit] References

^ Dangerfield, Andrew. "The continued rise of Tesco non-food", BBC News, 2007-01-16. Retrieved on 2007-01-27. "Staff roller blade in the UK's largest Tesco in Newcastle."
^ "Tesco to create UK's biggest store", Thisismoney.co.uk, 2006-11-27. Retrieved on 2007-01-27. "Currently, Tesco's largest store stands at 11,055sq m, while rivals Asda and Sainsbury's biggest shops are 10,219sq m and 8,082sq m."