Haymarket Metro station

Infobox T&W Metro station
name =


T&W Zone = 26
Metro Zone = A
locale = Newcastle City Centre
borough = Newcastle
open = 1980-08-11 "As terminus" 1981-11-15 "For through services"|platform = 2|escalator=2

Haymarket Metro station is a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro in the north of the city centre of Newcastle upon Tyne. Like the other stations in the city centre, its platforms are located underground. The station is used by approximately six million passengers every year. cite press release
title = Dramatic new look for Haymarket Metro station revealed.
publisher = Nexus
date = 2008-05-09
url = http://www.nexus.org.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Nexus/Nexus/News/News+archive/2008/Nexus+news+-+Dramatic+new+look+for+Haymarket+Metro
accessdate = 2008-06-28
quote = Haymarket is used by around six million Metro passengers every year and is one of the busiest stations in the north of England. The design features new curved walls and ceilings creating a more open, brighter and better waiting environment. The white panels are interspersed with striking bands of colour introduced by an artist working alongside the architects and civil engineers. And distinctive parts of Metro’s brand identity are preserved – with the giant ‘Haymarket’ station name given a fresh new look and the unique Calvert typeface for signs retained.] The station was the temporary terminus of the Metro system, when the first stage opened in 1980. However, this was a temporary measure, as the system was extended southwards through the city centre to Gateshead the following year.

It is the nearest station to Newcastle University, Northumbria University's City Campus West, the Civic Centre, and the major shopping area that surrounds Northumberland Street. It is also adjacent to Haymarket bus station.

In August 2006 a £20 million facelift for the station was announced. [ cite press release
title = Nexus welcomes £20m facelift at Haymarket Metro station
publisher = Nexus
date = 2006-08-18
url = http://www.nexus.org.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Nexus/Nexus/News/News+archive/2006/Nexus+news+-+Nexus+welcomes+%C2%A320m+facelift+at+Haymarket+Metro+station
accessdate = 2007-02-11
quote = The scheme is being carried out by the Newcastle-based Closegate Developments who will pay for the work - and this means an exciting new landmark for Metro delivered without cost to taxpayers or passengers. The scheme involves the demolition of the current Haymarket station, providing station and retail space on the street level with commercial space on four floor levels above, which includes a mezzanine floor area. ] This will see the original 1980 surface building replaced by a four-storey steel and glass structure including office space, shops, a bar, and a restaurant. Since the work started in 2007, the station closes at 19:45 Sunday to Thursday to allow the work to take place.

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External links

* [http://www.nexus.org.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Nexus/Metro/Timetables/Metro+-+Timetable+-+Haymarket+Metro+Station Train times] and [http://www.nexus.org.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Nexus/Metro/Station+information/Metro+Station+-+Haymarket station information] for PAGENAME from Nexus