Four Lane Ends Interchange

Four Lane Ends
Four Lane Ends metro station, opened in 1980 as part of the first section of the Metro system.
Location
Place	Longbenton
Local authority	North Tyneside
Fare zone information
Network One zone	2
Metro zone	B
Original (1979) zone	17
Station code	FLE
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 Interchange
Location
Locale	Four Lane Ends, Benton
Local authority	North Tyneside
Operation
Opened	August 1980
Managed by	Nexus
No. of stands	7
Operators	Stagecoach North East, Arriva North East, Veolia Transport
Travel centre	Yes
Rail connection	Four Lane Ends Metro station adjacent.

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.

Contents 1 Location 2 History 3 List of bus services 4 Gallery 5 References 6 External links

Location

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. In 2008-9 the interchange was used by over 900,000 passengers, of which over 500,000 can be attributed to Metro journeys.^[1]

Nearby employment sites such as the Benton Park View government complex at Longbenton, which houses [[Department for Work and Pensions|DWP], HMRC offices and Quorum Business Park 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.

History

The station was erected specifically to service the Metro light rail system, opening in August 1980, although built at the location of the long-closed Long Benton station (not to be confused with Longbenton), opened in 1864 and closing (when replaced by Benton) at the start of 1871, the last remains of which disappeared when Four Lane Ends was built.

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.

List of bus services

The following are the bus services currently using Four Lane Ends, correct to 5 September 2011.^[2][3]

Key

• - Route serves a bus/coach station.
• - Route serves a Tyne & Wear Metro station.
• - Route serves a railway station.

Route	To	Via	Operator	Days of operation (if not 7 days)
1	Slatyford	Sandyford, Newcastle & South Benwell	Stagecoach in Newcastle
Note - Alternate Mon-Sat daytime journeys terminate at South Benwell Armstrong Road.
18	Wallsend Bus Station	Freeman Hospital, Byker & Walker	Stagecoach in Newcastle
	Forest Hall	Benton Estate
Note - evening & Sun service runs to Walker Bus Station only.
32	Circular Service	Newcastle, Elswick & Kenton Bar	Stagecoach in Newcastle (#)
Note - (#) Evening/Sun services operated by Arriva & Go North East.
32A	Circular Service	Newcastle, Elswick & Kenton Bar	Stagecoach in Newcastle (#)
Note - (#) Evening/Sun services operated by Arriva & Go North East.
52	Cramlington Shops	Killingworth , Dudley & Bedlington	Arriva Northumbria	Mon-Sat daytime.
	Freeman Hospital	Longbenton
Note - Alternate Mon-Fri & all Sat journeys extended to Ashington Town Centre.
55	Newcastle Haymarket	Longbenton & South Gosforth	Arriva Northumbria
	Meadway Estate	Forest Hall
56	North Shields	Killingworth , Shiremoor & Cobalt	Arriva Northumbria
	Newcastle Haymarket	Longbenton & South Gosforth
62	North Walbottle	Byker, Newcastle & Slatyford	Stagecoach in Newcastle
	Killingworth Bus Station	Forest Hall
62B	Newcastle Neville Street	Walkergate, Walker & St.Anthonys	Arriva Northumbria	One-Way, 1 journey, Mon-Sat morning.
63	Chapel House	Byker, Newcastle & Slatyford	Stagecoach in Newcastle
	Killingworth Bus Station	Forest Hall
68	DSS Tyneview Park		Stagecoach in Newcastle	Mon-Fri peak hours.
332	Quorum Business Park| Benton Lane	Arriva Northumbria	Limited Service, Mon-Fri daytime..
	Regent Centre			DSS Longbenton & Gosforth
Note - Limited extension to Newcastle Great Park Sage Offices.
335	Cobalt Business Park	DSS Tyneview Park, High Farm & Hadrian Park	Arriva Northumbria	Mon-Sat daytime.
353	Kingston Park	Killingworth, Dudley & Airport	Arriva Northumbria	Mon-Sat evening & all-day Sun.
	Freeman Hospital	Longbenton
499	DSS Tyneview Park		Arriva Northumbria	One-Way, 1 journey, Mon-Fri daytime.
555	Circular Service	Balliol Business Park & Quorum Business Park	Arriva Northumbria	One-Way, Mon-Fri daytime.
K1	Killingworth Bus Station	Balliol Business Park & West Moor	Connect Community Transport	Mon-Fri daytime.
K2	Greenhills Estate	Balliol Business Park, West Moor & Killingworth	Connect Community Transport	Mon-Sat daytime.

Gallery

References

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Four_Lane_Ends_Interchange Four Lane Ends Interchange] at Wikimedia Commons

• Train times and station information for Four Lane Ends Interchange from Nexus

Preceding station		Tyne and Wear Metro		Following station
Benton towards St James via the Coast		Yellow line		Longbenton towards South Shields