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Kingston Park Metro Station
Kingston Park is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the suburb of Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the network on 15 September 1985. History The area surrounding Kingston Park was largely constructed during the late 1970s and early 1980s, meaning that a station did not appear as part of the original plans for the Tyne and Wear Metro network, as the area did not have the required population density. Kingston Park has two platforms, which are staggered on opposite sides of the level crossing on Brunton Lane. In October 2012, traffic enforcement cameras were installed at the level crossings at Kingston Park and Bank Foot. Similar cameras were installed at Callerton Parkway in 2008. In 2018, the station, along with others on the Airport branch, were refurbished as part of the ''Metro: All Change'' programme. The project saw improvements to accessibility, security and energy efficiency, as well as the re-branding of the station to the ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyne And Wear Metro
The Tyne and Wear Metro is an overground and underground light rail rapid transit system serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, and the City of Sunderland (together forming Tyne and Wear). The network opened in stages from August 1980 and now serves a total of 60 stations, with two lines covering of track. The Metro can be accessed from a mixture of under ground and above ground stations. It has been described as the "first modern light rail system in the United Kingdom". The system is currently owned and operated by the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive (branded as Nexus), thus is fully under public ownership and operation. In 2018–19, an estimated 36.4million passenger journeys were made on the Metro, making it the third-most used light rail network in the United Kingdom after London's Docklands Light Railway (121.8million passenger journeys) and Manchester Metrolink (43.7million passenger journeys). The initial Tyne and Wear Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
