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| Wansbeck Road Metro station, entrance to the platform for trains towards Airport | |
| Location | |
| Place | Regent Farm, Gosforth |
| Local authority | Newcastle |
| Fare zone information | |
| Network One zone | 2 |
| Metro zone | B |
| Original (1979) zone | 17 |
| Station code | WBR |
| Operations | |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| Opened | 10 May 1981 |
| Tyne and Wear Metro List of Tyne and Wear Metro stations |
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Wansbeck Road is one of the stations in Newcastle upon Tyne, on the Green Line of the Tyne and Wear Metro, which opened 10 May 1981.
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It is built on an embankment above Wansbeck Road, which is the border of the West Gosforth and Fawdon wards. 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, and only the Newcastle City Centre-bound platform is accessible from either side of the road.
The line was originally part of the Ponteland Railway, opened in 1905,[1] and the station is close to the point at which it crossed over the now-dismantled Fawdon Waggonway. The bridge where it did so, west of the station, is still in use as a pedestrian underpass.
The station is primarily used by people living in the surrounding housing estates. Regent Farm First School is situated on one side of the line. Near the station there is a local shopping centre which includes two small supermarkets, a Co-operative Food store and an ASDA store.
| Preceding station | Tyne and Wear Metro | Following station | ||
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towards Airport
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Green line |
towards South Hylton
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