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| Benton station viewed from the front window of a Metro train in October 2005. | |
| Location | |
| Place | Benton |
| Local authority | North Tyneside |
| Fare zone information | |
| Network Zone | 17 & 18 |
| Metro Zone | B |
| History | |
| Opened | 1871-03-01 |
| Metro since | 1980-08-11 |
| Tyne and Wear Metro List of Tyne and Wear Metro stations |
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Benton Metro station is a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro Yellow line between Four Lane Ends and Palmersville. Benton is a district approximately four miles to the north east of Newcastle upon Tyne. North Tyneside is a Metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear in the North East of England. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation The Tyne and Wear Metro is a metro system serving stations in Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside North Tyneside and Sunderland, The following is a list of Tyne and Wear Metro stations Purpose-built stations The following stations were built specifically for the Tyne and Wear Metro system Benton is a district approximately four miles to the north east of Newcastle upon Tyne. The Tyne and Wear Metro is a metro system serving stations in Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside North Tyneside and Sunderland, Four Lane Ends Metro station is a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro network Palmersville is a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro system named for the nearby community It is in North Tyneside, just north of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. North Tyneside is a Metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear in the North East of England. Newcastle upon Tyne ( (often shortened to Newcastle) is a city and Metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, England
The station originally opened on 1 March 1871 by the North Eastern Railway. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The North Eastern Railway (NER unlike many other of the pre-Grouping companies had a relatively compact territory having the district it covered to itself Since 11 August 1980 it has been served exclusively by Metro trains. Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar)
Benton was the original terminus of the now defunct Red line, although short workings continued to operate as Yellow line services between Pelaw and Benton - especially in peak hours and during Saturday shopping hours. Pelaw Metro station serves the Pelaw area of Gateshead, England. Since the opening of Northumberland Park station most of these short workings continue to Monkseaton. Northumberland Park Metro station is a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro Yellow Line in North Tyneside near Newcastle upon Tyne, England Monkseaton is a village near Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, in the northeast of England.
External links
- Train times and station information for Benton Metro station from Nexus
- Benton Metro station is at coordinates Coordinates:
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toward St James via the Coast
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Yellow line |
toward South Shields
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