Callerton Parkway is a

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 owners Nexus have ...

station, serving the hamlet of

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and suburb of Woolsington, in the English city of

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. It is adjacent to a

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that carries Callerton Lane across the rail line. The station opened in 1991, following the opening of the extension of the Metro from Bank Foot to Newcastle Airport.

History

Callerton Parkway is situated on the alignment of the former

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, some to the south-east of the site of the former Callerton station, which was located on the other side of the Callerton Lane level crossing. The earlier station opened to passengers in June 1905, consisting of a single platform, simple pitched roof station building, and a signal box. The line closed to passengers in June 1929, with freight services operating until March 1989. Construction of the extension of the Metro from Bank Foot to Newcastle Airport began in 1990, after funding had been secured from the

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(now the

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). Callerton Parkway opened on 17 November 1991, along with the rest of the extension. In 2008,

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were installed at the station's level crossing – this having been the location of over half of the road traffic incidents at the five Metro-owned level crossings on the network. Similar cameras were installed at nearby Bank Foot and

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in October 2012. In 2018, the station, along with others on the branch between South Gosforth and Newcastle Airport, were refurbished. The £300,000 project saw improvements to accessibility, security and energy efficiency, as well as the rebranding of the station to the new black and white corporate colour scheme.

Facilities

The station has two platforms, with separate step-free access to each platform from the street. The station serves as a

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, with 189 spaces (plus seven accessible spaces). There is also cycle storage at the station, with four cycle lockers and five cycle pods. Both platforms have ticket machines (which accept cash, card and

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), smartcard validators, sheltered waiting area, seating, next train audio and visual displays, timetable and information posters and an emergency help point.

Services

, the station is served by up to five trains per hour on weekdays and Saturday, and up to four trains per hour during the evening and on Sunday. In the southbound direction, trains run to via and . In the northbound direction, trains run to . Rolling stock used: Class 599 ''Metrocar''

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Timetable and station information
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