Northumberland Park Metro station

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Northumberland Park
Tyne and Wear Metro station
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General information
Location Northumberland Park
North Tyneside
England
Coordinates 55°01′59″N1°31′11″W / 55.0331107°N 1.5198212°W / 55.0331107; -1.5198212
Grid reference NZ307710
Transit authority Tyne and Wear PTE
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Parking393 spaces
Bicycle facilities
  • 5 cycle lockers
  • 5 cycle pods
AccessibleStep-free access to platform
Other information
Station codeNPK
Fare zoneB
History
Original company Tyne and Wear Metro
Key dates
11 December 2005Opened
Passengers
2017/180.31 million [1]
Services
Preceding station Tyne Wear Metro logo.svg Tyne and Wear Metro Following station
Palmersville
towards South Shields
Yellow Line Shiremoor
towards St James via  Whitley Bay
Location
Tyne and Wear UK location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Northumberland Park
Location in Tyne and Wear, England

Northumberland Park is a Tyne and Wear Metro and future National Rail station, serving the village of Backworth and suburbs of Northumberland Park and West Allotment, as well as the nearby Cobalt Business Park, North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. The station opened on 11 December 2005.

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History

The station is located west of the site of the former station at Backworth, which was closed to passengers by British Rail on 13 June 1977. [2] It was indirectly replaced by the nearby station at Shiremoor, which was purpose-built for the Tyne and Wear Metro network. It opened on 10 August 1980, as part of the first phase of the network, between Haymarket and Tynemouth via Four Lane Ends. Prior to the opening of Northumberland Park, the distance between neighbouring Palmersville and Shiremoor was the longest between stations on the network at the time, totalling 2.8 km (1.7 mi). [3]

Facilities

Step-free access is available at all stations across the Tyne and Wear Metro network, with a lift providing step-free access to the island platform. The station is equipped with ticket machines, sheltered waiting area, seating, next train information displays, timetable posters, and an emergency help point. Ticket machines are able to accept payment with credit and debit card (including contactless payment), notes and coins. [4] [5] The station is also fitted with smartcard validators, which feature at all stations across the network. [6] [7]

The station serves as a park and ride, and is served by a multi-storey car park with 393 spaces, plus 12 accessible spaces. There is also the provision for cycle parking, with five cycle lockers and five cycle pods available for use. A small bus interchange is available at the station, providing onward connections in and around North Tyneside and south east Northumberland. [8]

Services

Northern Trains

Northern Trains
Northumberland Line
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 Newcastle
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BSicon INT.svg
 Manors
TWMetro logo no text.PNG
BSicon INT.svg
 Northumberland Park
TWMetro logo no text.PNG
BSicon HST.svg
 Seaton Delaval
BSicon HST.svg
 Newsham
BSicon HST.svg
 Blyth Bebside
BSicon HST.svg
 Bedlington
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 Ashington

From (expected) opening in winter 2024, weekday and Saturday daytime services are expected to operate twice-hourly, with an hourly service during the evening and on Sunday, with an end-to-end journey time between Newcastle and Ashington of around 35 minutes. [9] All services are expected to be operated by Northern Trains.

(Expected) rolling stock used: Class 156 Super Sprinter and Class 158 Express Sprinter

Tyne and Wear Metro

As of April 2024, 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. [10] Additional services previously operated between Pelaw and Monkseaton at peak times, but have recently been withdrawn, as a result of poor fleet availability. [11]

Rolling stock used: Class 599 Metrocar

Future developments

As of April 2024, plans are under development to reintroduce a passenger rail service between Newcastle and Ashington, as part of the Northumberland Line project. [12] [13] The proposed passenger service utilises the existing single-track freight line which parallels the Tyne and Wear Metro line between Benton Junction and the site of Backworth Junction, to the east of Northumberland Park station. [14]

A planning application for the new National Rail station was submitted to North Tyneside Borough Council on 2 February 2021. [15] The submitted planning documents indicate that the station will have a single platform, located on the north side of Network Rail track, [16] which is designed to accommodate a four-car train. [17] It will be provided with two waiting shelters [17] and will be accessed from Algernon Drive via stairs and a lift. [16] Approval for the new station was granted on 17 September 2021. [18]

Northumberland Park's new National Rail station is under construction by the project's primary construction contractor, Morgan Sindall. [19] The main construction phase began in 2022. [19] It is anticipated the station will open in the winter of 2024, with passenger services commencing on the line in the summer of 2024. [20] [21]

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  2. ↑ "Disused Stations: Backworth Station (2nd site)". Disused Stations. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
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  15. ↑ "21/00299/FUL | Construction of a new single platform railway station including: retaining wall, pedestrian lift, staircase and access from Algernon Drive modifications to existing bridge parapet. Construction of facilities ancillary to the station including, lighting, soft and hard landscaping, surface and subsurface drainage, utilities and other services, boundary treatment and other associated works | Northumberland Park Metro Station Station Road Backworth NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE". North Tyneside Council. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
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  17. 1 2 "21/00299/FUL - PROPOSED GENERAL ARRANGEMENT" (PDF). North Tyneside Council. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
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