Jesmond Metro station

Jesmond Metro station
Jesmond
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Jesmond Metro station
Jesmond Metro station viewed from platform 2 in March 2007
Location
Place Jesmond
Local authority Newcastle upon Tyne
Fare zone information
Network One zone 1
Metro zone A
Original (1979) zone 26
Station code JES
Operations
Platforms 2
Escalators none
History
Opened 1980-08-11
Tyne and Wear Metro
List of Tyne and Wear Metro stations

Jesmond Metro station serves Jesmond in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The station opened in August 1980 and was purpose built as part of Tyne and Wear Metro. The station lies off the former North Tyneside Loop just north of the original Jesmond railway station. The station was used by over 1 million passengers in the period 2008-9. [1]

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Jesmond railway station

Jesmond railway station 54°58′55″N 1°36′18″W / 54.9820°N 1.6049°W / 54.9820; -1.6049 was built as part of the Blyth and Tyne Railway which ran from Blyth in Northumberland to New Bridge Street railway station in Newcastle City Centre. The station at New Bridge Street was later linked via the Manors curve to Newcastle Central and became part of the North Tyneside Loop. The platforms and signal box of the old station still remain intact although the former southbound platform is now used as a car park. The signal box forms part of a restaurant, along with an old railway carriage. One line still runs through the station linking the Metro line just north of Jesmond Metro station with the line west of Manors Metro station.

Station art

The station features an installation called Abstract Murals [2] created by Simon Butler. It consists of vitreous enamel panels with brightly coloured geometric shapes.

References

  1. ^ NEXUS Business Intelligence Report. http://www.nexus.org.uk/wps/wcm/resources/file/eba01f018731343/Business%20Intelligence%20Annual%20Report%20200809.pdf
  2. ^ "Abstract Murals, Jesmond". Art on Transport. Nexus. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20070929102856/http://www.nexus.org.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Nexus/Art+on+Transport/Commissions/Art+-+Abstract+Murals+(Jesmond). Retrieved 2007-04-17. 

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Coordinates: 54°58′58″N 1°36′20″W / 54.9828°N 1.6056°W / 54.9828; -1.6056

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v · Railway stations in Tyne and Wear
East Coast Main Line
(London Kings Cross) → → Birtley (closed) • Lamesley (closed) • Low Fell (closed) • Bensham (closed) • Newcastle Central • Manors • Heaton (closed) • Forest Hall (closed) • Killingworth (closed) • Annitsford (closed) → →(Edinburgh Waverley)
Durham Coast Line
Newcastle Central • Heworth • Monkwearmouth • Sunderland → → (Middlesbrough)
Tyne Valley Line
Newcastle Central • Dunston • MetroCentre • Blaydon  • Ryton (closed) → → (Carlisle Citadel)
Former railway lines
Blyth and Tyne Railway
Backworth • Benton • Cullercoats • Gosforth • Holywell • Jesmond • Moor Edge • New Bridge Street • North Shields • Percy Main • Prospect Hill • Tynemouth • Whitley Bay
Derwent Valley Railway
Swalwell • Rowlands Gill → → (Blackhill)
Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
(Original route)
Newcastle Central • Elswick • Scotswood • Blaydon  • Ryton (closed) → → (Carlisle Citadel)
North Wylam loop
Lemington • Newburn • Heddon on the Wall • North Wylam
Ponteland Light Railway
Gosforth • West Gosforth • Coxlodge • Kenton • Callerton → → (Ponteland)
Riverside branch
Byker • St Peter's (Tyneside) • St Anthony's • Walker • Carville  • Point Pleasant  • Willington Quay
Tanfield Railway
Sunniside → → (East Tanfield)
Metro (converted stations)
Metro (purpose built stations)
Transport in Tyne and Wear • Nexus • Tyne and Wear Metro
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