Kingston Park Metro station

Infobox T&W Metro station
name = Kingston Park


caption = Tyne & Wear Metro train at Kingston Park station
T&W Zone = 16
Metro Zone = B
locale = Kingston Park
borough = Newcastle
open = 1985-09-15

Kingston Park Metro station serves the Kingson Park suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne and a retail park some 6 kilometres north of the city centre.

The suburb was largely built in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and its Metro station was not part of the original system, because the area did not have the required population density when the Tyne & Wear Metro was first planned. The station opened in 1985, more than four years after Metro had commenced services on the route passing through Kingston Park.

The adjacent retail park includes a Tesco Extra store, currently the largest supermarket in Britain. [cite news |last = Dangerfield | first = Andrew |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6257331.stm | title= The continued rise of Tesco non-food | publisher=BBC News | date=2007-01-16 |accessdate=2007-01-27 |quote = Staff roller blade in the UK's largest Tesco in Newcastle.] [cite news | url=http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=415086&in_page_id=2| title = Tesco to create UK's biggest store | publisher = Thisismoney.co.uk | date=2006-11-27 |accessdate=2007-01-27 |quote = Currently, Tesco's largest store stands at 11,055sq m, while rivals Asda and Sainsbury's biggest shops are 10,219sq m and 8,082sq m.] The station signage features prominent Tesco-sponsored branding.

The station is located where the Metro route crosses Brunton Lane on an automatic open level crossing, the station platforms are located on opposite sides of the road and have no direct link. One needs to walk over the crossing and across a small section of street to reach the other platform.

ee also

*Kingston Park for information on the surrounding district.

References

External links

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