Regent Centre Interchange

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Regent Centre Interchange. The Metro station is in the background
Location
Place	Gosforth
Local authority	Newcastle
Fare zone information
Network Zone	17
Metro Zone	B
Operations
Platforms	2
Escalators	2 both 'up' escalators
History
Opened	1981-05-10
Tyne and Wear Metro List of Tyne and Wear Metro stations

Regent Centre is a large business park in the Gosforth area of Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

The Centre has its own transport interchange; consisting of a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro, as well as a medium-sized bus station that serves as an interchange for commuters who do not wish to travel through the City Centre. Some Metro services terminate at Regent Centre Metro station due to its proximity to the Metro depot. The station is heavily used by Regent Centre workers and the students of the nearby Middle and High schools.

1 History
2 Station art
3 See also
4 External links
5 References

[edit] History

The Regent Centre station stands on the site of the West Gosforth station of the Ponteland Railway. The West Gosforth station opened in 1905 and closed to passengers in 1929, and to goods in 1967^[1].

[edit] Station art

The station features a mural called Metro Morning^[2] created by Anthony Lowe. It depicts passengers travelling in a representation of Metro car.

The car park stairwell also features a mural called Have You Paid and Displayed?^[3] created by Nic Armstrong. It depicts the everyday lives of the car park's users and Metro passengers.