South Gosforth Metro station

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The attractive footbridge at South Gosforth was saved when the original 1864 station was demolished to make way for the Metro Control Centre - the building overhanging platform 2.
Location
Place	Gosforth
Local authority	Newcastle
Fare zone information
Network Zone	17
Metro Zone	A & B
Operations
Platforms	2
History
Opened	1864-06-27
Metro since	1980-08-11
Tyne and Wear Metro List of Tyne and Wear Metro stations

South Gosforth Metro station is located in a suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne in England. It is a busy interchange station on the Tyne and Wear Metro where many passengers change between Green line services to/from the Airport and Yellow line services to/from the Coast.

The station also houses the Metro Control Centre, located on platform 2 and on the site of the former station buildings.

1 History
2 South Gosforth Depot
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

The station was originally opened in 1864 as Gosforth station and was later renamed to South Gosforth in 1905^[1]. An original North Eastern Railway footbridge remains in use at South Gosforth. A similar footbridge removed from Percy Main station has been preserved by the National Railway Museum in York.^[2]

[edit] South Gosforth Depot

The Metro rolling stock depot is located close by, in the triangle of land between South Gosforth, Regent Centre and Longbenton stations. The depot is surrounded by a small industrial estate that mainly houses production facilities for the Greggs food chain. A number of Metro services terminate at South Gosforth, particularly at the end of rush hour and close of service, due to its proximity to the depot.

[edit] References

^ Blyth & Tyne Railway at Northumbrian Railways
^ Large exhibits. NRM Collections. National Railway Museum. Retrieved on 2007-02-10.

[edit] External links

Train times and station information for South Gosforth Metro station from Nexus

South Gosforth Metro station is at coordinates 55°00′22″N 1°36′30″W / 55.0061, -1.6082 (South Gosforth Metro station)Coordinates: 55°00′22″N 1°36′30″W / 55.0061, -1.6082 (South Gosforth Metro station)

Preceding station		Tyne and Wear Metro		Following station
Longbenton toward St James via the Coast		Yellow line		Ilford Road toward South Shields
Regent Centre toward Airport		Green line		Ilford Road toward South Hylton