Fawdon Metro station


Fawdon
Location
Place	Fawdon
Local authority	Newcastle
Fare zone information
Network Zone	17
Metro Zone	B
History
Opened	1981-05-10
Tyne and Wear Metro List of Tyne and Wear Metro stations

Fawdon Metro station serves the Fawdon area of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Fawdon is a electoral ward of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. It is close to the A1 western bypass Newcastle upon Tyne ( (often shortened to Newcastle) is a city and Metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, England Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. 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 Fawdon is a electoral ward of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. It is close to the A1 western bypass Newcastle upon Tyne ( (often shortened to Newcastle) is a city and Metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, England England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It is on the Green line of the Tyne and Wear Metro, and opened in 1981. The Tyne and Wear Metro is a metro system serving stations in Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside North Tyneside and Sunderland,

The station is located where the Metro route crosses Fawdon Lane on an automatic open level crossing, the station platforms are located on opposite sides of the road. A metro station is a railway station for a Rapid transit system often known by names such as "metro" "underground" and "subway" The term level crossing (also called a railroad crossing, road through railroad, railway crossing, train crossing or grade crossing A railway platform is a section of pathway alongside Rail tracks at a Train station, Metro station or Tram stop, at which passengers may board A road is an identifiable route, way or path between two or more places. The inbound platform towards South Hylton/Park Lane is the site of the original Coxlodge station, which was in use between 1905 and 1929 on the Ponteland Railway^[1]. Behind it is Fawdon Park Centre, built in 1965.

References

^ Ponteland Light Railway & Darras Hall Branch. Northumbrian Railways. Retrieved on 2008-04-26. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy.

External links

Train times and station information for Fawdon Metro station from Nexus

Fawdon Metro station is at coordinates 55°00′49″N 1°38′38″W / 55.0136, -1.6440 (Fawdon Metro station)Coordinates: 55°00′49″N 1°38′38″W / 55.0136, -1.6440 (Fawdon Metro station)

Preceding station		Tyne and Wear Metro		Following station
Kingston Park toward Airport		Green line		Wansbeck Road toward South Hylton

The Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive (TWPTE using the brandname of Nexus is the Passenger Transport Executive for the metropolitan county of Tyne and A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. The Tyne and Wear Metro is a metro system serving stations in Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside North Tyneside and Sunderland, Kingston Park Metro station serves the Kingson Park Suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne and a Retail park some 6 kilometres north of the city centre Airport is a terminus station of the Green line of the Tyne and Wear Metro that serves Newcastle Airport, Newcastle upon Tyne. Wansbeck Road is one of the stations in Newcastle upon Tyne, on the Green Line of the Tyne and Wear Metro, which opened 10 May, 1981. South Hylton Metro station serves the suburb of South Hylton on the banks of the River Wear.

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