Monument Metro station

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Mobile phones can be used at Monument and other underground stations
Location
Place	Newcastle City Centre
Local authority	Newcastle
Fare zone information
Network Zone	26
Metro Zone	A
Operations
Platforms	4
History
Opened	1981-11-15 Platforms 1 & 2 1982-11-14 Platforms 3 & 4
Tyne and Wear Metro List of Tyne and Wear Metro stations

For the London Underground station see Bank and Monument stations

Monument is a principal station on the underground section of the Tyne and Wear Metro system. It is named after Grey's Monument, which stands directly above the station. It is the only station on the Tyne and Wear Metro that is situated at a line crossing.

The station opened with services from two of its four platforms on 15 November 1981, when the Metro was extended south from its temporary terminus at Haymarket to Heworth. The remaining two platforms came into use when services between St James and Tynemouth commenced on 14 November 1982.

It is the only metro station in the world where the same metro line passes through it twice in a pretzel configuration (while a similar situation exists on the Vancouver SkyTrain, the intersection of the two parts of the same line are treated as separate stations). Trains on the yellow line from South Shields travel north through the station towards Jesmond, Four Lane Ends and the Coast, and return westwards via Wallsend and Manors towards St James. (A similar situation also existed briefly on the Toronto Subway.)

The ticket hall opens directly into the lowest level of Monument Mall, and has a more indirect underground connection to Eldon Square shopping centre, as well as exits to Blackett Street and Grey Street.

[edit] Station art

The station features some art installations. By one of the entrances is a mural Famous Faces ^[1] created by Bob Olley. It features a number of famous people from the North East, looking out of the window of a Metro train.

Outside the station, a simple ventilation shaft has been disguised by Parsons Polygon. ^[2] Created by David Hamilton as a tribute to Sir Charles Parsons. It is made from clay and features abstract designs based on Parsons' engineering drawings.

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Monument Metro station from Nexus

• Monument Metro station is at coordinates 54°58′25″N 1°36′47″W / 54.9737, -1.6131 (Monument Metro station)Coordinates: 54°58′25″N 1°36′47″W / 54.9737, -1.6131 (Monument Metro station)

[edit] References

Preceding station		Tyne and Wear Metro		Following station
Haymarket toward St James via the Coast		Yellow line		Central Station toward South Shields
Haymarket toward Airport		Green line		Central Station toward South Hylton
St James Terminus		Yellow line		Manors toward South Shields via the Coast