Jesmond Metro station

Jesmond
Tyne and Wear Metro

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
List of 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]

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 in 1864 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. It closed on 23 January 1978 for the construction of the Tyne and Wear Metro system using a new alignment in a tunnel bypassing the original station. 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

↑ NEXUS Business Intelligence Report. http://www.nexus.org.uk/wps/wcm/resources/file/eba01f018731343/Business%20Intelligence%20Annual%20Report%20200809.pdf
↑ "Abstract Murals, Jesmond". Art on Transport. Nexus. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-04-17.

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Train times and station information for Jesmond Metro station from Nexus

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

Preceding station		Tyne and Wear Metro		Following station
West Jesmond towards St James via the Coast		Yellow line		Haymarket towards South Shields
West Jesmond towards Airport		Green line		Haymarket towards South Hylton

Railway stations in Tyne and Wear

East Coast Main Line	(London Kings Cross) → → Newcastle Central Manors → → (Edinburgh Waverley)

Durham Coast Line	Newcastle Central Heworth Sunderland → → (Middlesbrough)

Tyne Valley Line	Newcastle Central Dunston MetroCentre Blaydon → → (Carlisle Citadel)

Heritage Railways

Tanfield Railway	Sunniside → → (East Tanfield)

Tyne and Wear Metro

Metro (converted stations)	Benton Brockley Whins Cullercoats East Boldon Felling Hebburn Howdon Jarrow Longbenton Monkseaton North Shields Percy Main Seaburn South Gosforth Sunderland Tynemouth Walkergate Wallsend West Jesmond West Monkseaton Whitley Bay

Metro (purpose built stations)	Airport Bank Foot Bede Byker Callerton Parkway Central Station Chichester Chillingham Road Fawdon Fellgate Four Lane Ends Gateshead Gateshead Stadium Hadrian Road Haymarket Heworth Ilford Road Jesmond Metro station Kingston Park Manors Meadow Well Millfield Monument Northumberland Park Pallion Palmersville Park Lane Pelaw Regent Centre Simonside St James St Peter's (Wearside) Shiremoor South Hylton South Shields Stadium of Light Tyne Dock University (Sunderland) Wansbeck Road

Transport in Tyne and Wear
Nexus
Tyne and Wear Metro

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