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The Tyne and Wear Metro is an overground and underground light rail rapid transit system serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, and the City of Sunderland (together forming Tyne and Wear). It has been described as the "first modern light rail system in the United Kingdom".
El Metro de Tyne y Wear, conocido localmente simplemente como Metro, es un sistema de metro y tren ligero en el Nordeste de Inglaterra, [1] [2] que sirve a las ciudades de Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside y Sunderland en Tyne y Wear.
- 11 de agosto de 1980
- 77,5 kilómetros (48,2 mi)
- Rail
- Air
- Bus
- Coach
- Ferry
- Ticketing
History
Arguably, Newcastle upon Tyne had the world's first local railway, the Newcastle and North Shields Railway. The line opened in June 1839, originally running between North Shields station and Carliol Square.The line was later extended to Tynemouth station, (allowing through trains from the Blyth and Tyne Railway to run), before being further extended to Newcastle Central Station, in 1845. Most of the railway was closed in 1973, with a section of the line re-opening (east of Heaton to Tynemouth...
Tyne and Wear Metro
The Tyne and Wear Metro is a light rail network linking South Tyneside and Sunderland with Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Newcastle Airport. The network opened in stages from 11 August 1980, and now serves 60 stations and 48 miles (77 km) of track. The Metro is one of only two urban rail networks in the United Kingdom[citation needed] (outside London), with other cities have tram networks such as Edinburgh Trams, Manchester Metrolink and Sheffield Supertram. In 2017–18, an...
National Rail
There are currently seven rail stations located within Tyne and Wear, these being: Blaydon, Dunston, Heworth, Manors, Metrocentre, Newcastle Central and Sunderland. Newcastle Central is a key calling point on the East Coast Main Line. The station originally opened in August 1850, as part of the then Newcastle and Carlisle Railway and York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway. Currently, the station is served by CrossCountry, LNER, Northern and TransPennine Express, with trains running to a range of...
Newcastle International Airport is the eleventh-busiest airport in the United Kingdom, with an estimated 5.3 million passenger-journeys made in 2018. It serves over 80 domestic, European and North African destinations, as well as direct flights to Cancún, Dubai and Orlando Sandford. The nearest similar-sized airports are Leeds Bradford Airport to t...
Tyne and Wear has an extensive bus network, which is overseen by the Tyne and Wear PTE. Bus services in the county are operated predominantly by three companies: Arriva North East, Go North East and Stagecoach North East. Additional services are also ran by a number of local independent operators. Arriva North East operate from a single depot in th...
Regional and national coach services operated by National Express depart from Newcastle coach station and Park Lane Interchange, with destinations including: Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Harrogate, Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottinghamand London. Services operated by Flixbus and Megabus also run from John Dobson Street...
An international ferry terminal is located in the Royal Quays of North Shields. As of February 2020, there is a daily service running to and from Amsterdam IJmuiden. This service is operated by DFDS. Former routes from North Shields include Bergen, Haugesund and Stavanger. A dedicated shuttle bus service (route 327), currently operated by Go North ...
Bus
Following the deregulation of bus servicesin 1986, bus operators in Tyne and Wear have been able to set their own routes, fares and timetables.
Rail
Local rail services in Tyne and Wear are operated by Northern. Tickets must be bought before travel at stations with ticketing facilities, these being Heworth, Newcastle and Sunderland. Passengers boarding at Blaydon, Dunston, Manors and Metrocentre can buy tickets on board the train.
Tyne and Wear Metro
The Tyne and Wear Metro has a simple fare structure, with the network being split in to three zones (A, B and C). Tickets are offered as single, day, week, four-weekly and annual. Metro season tickets (weekly, four-weekly and annual) covering zone A are valid on bus services 53 and 54, as well as bus service Q3 between St Peter's Basin and Haymarket. All Metro tickets (excluding single journey tickets) covering all zones are valid for travel on the Shields Ferry. Further discounts are availab...
Explore the Tyne and Wear Metro, the second largest metro system in the UK. Find maps, timetables, stations, tickets and more at nexus.org.uk.
Tyne and Wear contains five metropolitan boroughs: Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, North Tyneside and South Tyneside, and is covered by two combined authorities, North of Tyne and North East.
The following is a list of Tyne and Wear Metro stations . Purpose-built stations. The following stations were built specifically for the Tyne and Wear Metro system. Converted stations. A metro train for St James arrives at Tynemouth station.
The Tyne and Wear Metro is an overground and underground light rail rapid transit system serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, and the City of Sunderland. It has been described as the "first modern light rail system in the United Kingdom".
