Manors Metro station

Manors
Tyne and Wear Metro
Location
Place Manors
Local authority Newcastle
Fare zone information
Network One zone 1
Metro zone A
Original (1979) zone 26
Station code MAN
History
Opened 1982-11-14
List of stations
This article is about the Tyne and Wear Metro station. For the National Rail station of the same name, see Manors railway station.

Manors Metro station is to the east of Newcastle city centre on the Yellow line of the Tyne and Wear Metro, and opened in 1982. Due to its location on the edge of the city centre the station is relatively lightly used with a recorded patronage of 227,000 passengers in the period 2008-9.[1] An abstract mural entitled Magic City by Basil Beattie can be seen in the station. It was commissioned in 1987.[2]

Heading east from Manors, the route surfaces alongside the East Coast Main Line and then crosses the dramatic 800m long Byker Viaduct constructed by Ove Arup[3] for the Metro. The former North Eastern Railway route between Manors railway station and Jesmond is connected via a link tunnel just west of Manors. It is used only by trains running out of public service, allowing them to terminate at Manors and then return to the Gosforth depot (and vice versa) without having to travel around the coast. The line can be clearly seen on satellite imagery running alongside the A167(M) Central Motorway.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NEXUS Business Intelligence Report" (PDF). Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  2. ↑ http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/leisure-libraries-and-tourism/arts-and-entertainment/public-art/public-art-metro
  3. ↑ "Engineering Timelines - Byker Metro Bridge". Engineering Timelines. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Manors, Newcastle upon Tyne – Google Maps (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
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Coordinates: 54°58′26″N 1°36′17″W / 54.9740°N 1.6048°W / 54.9740; -1.6048

Preceding station   Tyne and Wear Metro   Following station
towards St James
Yellow line
towards South Shields


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