Callerton Parkway Metro station

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Callerton Parkway
Location
Place	Woolsington
Local authority	Newcastle
Fare zone information
Network Zone	06 & 07
Metro Zone	B & C
Tyne and Wear Metro List of Tyne and Wear Metro stations

Callerton Parkway station, in Newcastle upon Tyne, is a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro Green line, which opened on 17 November 1991, when the line was extended to Newcastle Airport. It is not located near any significant housing estates, and as a result is one of the Metro stations with the lowest patronage.^{[citation needed]} Because of good road links, the station is used as a transfer point to buses travelling to locations in Northumberland.

The station is located where the Metro route crosses Callerton Lane and the platforms are located on the south side of the road.

On 16 April 2008, Nexus announced plans to spend £60,000 installing enforcement cameras at the automatic open level crossing, in a bid to reduce the number of motorists who ignore the level crossing stop lights.^[1] Although the traffic lanes are separated by a traffic island and railings to prevent vehicles overtaking on the level crossing, this location still accounts for almost half of the road traffic incidents at level crossings on the Metro network.^[2]

[edit] Notes

^ Nexus (2008-04-16). "Nexus to install speed cameras at Metro level crossing". Press release. Retrieved on 2008-04-26. “Nexus is to install speed cameras at its Callerton Parkway level crossing in Newcastle to help the police get tough with careless motorists who risk their lives by driving through red 'stop' lights when Metro trains are approaching.”
^ "Cameras for Metro train crossing", BBC News, bbc.co.uk, 2008-04-19. Retrieved on 2008-04-26.