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Newcastle station (also known as Newcastle Central and locally as Central Station) is a railway station in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom.It is located on the East Coast Main Line, around 268 miles (432 km) north of London King's Cross. [2]
This article contains lists of named passenger trains in the United Kingdom. These are specific regular journeys identified by a special name in the timetable, not to be confused with the names of engines or individual physical train rakes. One-off charter and sporadic special trains are not included.
Construction of the extension of the Metro from Bank Foot to Newcastle Airport began in 1990, after funding had been secured from the European Economic Community (now the European Union). The majority of the route of the extension uses the alignment of the Ponteland Railway , with a short (around 0.2 miles or 0.32 kilometres) section of new ...
The Central Coast & Newcastle Line (CCN) is an intercity rail service that services the Upper North Shore, Central Coast and Newcastle regions. It connects the two largest cities in New South Wales, running from Central in Sydney along the Main North railway line to Broadmeadow, and to Newcastle Interchange in Newcastle on the Newcastle railway line.
The final service was hauled from Newcastle to Singleton on 24 July 1971 by 3246. [2] Diesel locomotive hauled services operated until replaced by 620/720 and 660/760 class railcars in 1984. The line was truncated to terminate at Hamilton from 5 January 2015. [3] It was extended to Newcastle Interchange when this opened on 15 October 2017.
The station has two platforms, seating, next train audio and visual displays, timetable and information posters and an emergency help point. The ticket hall is located on the upper level, with ticket machines (which accept cash, card and contactless payment ) and automatic ticket barriers, which were installed at 13 stations across the network ...
The Newcastle to South Shields line was de-electrified in 1963, followed by the North Tyneside routes, in 1967. [ 3 ] [ 13 ] This was widely viewed as a backward step, as the diesel trains were slower than the electric trains they replaced.
Newcastle: Newcastle upon Tyne: City of Newcastle upon Tyne: London North Eastern Railway: East Coast Main Line, Durham Coast Line, and Tyne Valley Line: 12 8,426,644 8,756,828 2 Sunderland: Sunderland: City of Sunderland: Northern: Durham Coast Line 2 (+2 Metro platforms) 483,836 447,702 3 MetroCentre: intu Metrocentre: Gateshead: Northern ...