Bank Foot Metro station
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| Bank Foot | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Kenton Bank Foot |
| Local authority | Newcastle |
| Fare zone information | |
| Network Zone | 16 |
| Metro Zone | B |
| History | |
| Opened | 1981-05-10 As terminus 1991-11-17 For through services |
| Tyne and Wear Metro List of Tyne and Wear Metro stations |
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Bank Foot Metro station in the suburbs of Newcastle upon Tyne, (opened 1981) was the terminus of the Tyne and Wear Metro Green line before the extension to Newcastle Airport opened in 1991.
The outbound platform on the south side is the original single platform; at the time, the Metro ended on a single track that became a twin track only after it crossed the bridge to the east of the station. For the first few years of the Metro, it shared the line with occasional British Rail freight trains running to the ICI plant at Callerton. The second, inbound platform was added with the Airport extension.
The Bank Foot station was originally used by Ponteland Railway between 1905 and 1966, under the names of Kenton, and later Kenton Bank[1].
[edit] References
- ^ Ponteland Light Railway & Darras Hall Branch at Northumbrian Railways
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Bank Foot Metro station from Nexus
| Preceding station |  Tyne and Wear Metro |
Following station | ||
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toward Airport
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Green line |
toward South Hylton
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