South Gosforth Metro station is located in a suburb

Suburb

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 of Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne

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 in England

England

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. It is a busy interchange station

Train station

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 on the Tyne and Wear Metro

Tyne and Wear Metro

The Tyne and Wear Metro, also known as the Metro, is a light rail system in North East England, serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside and Sunderland. It opened in 1980 and in 2007–2008 provided 40 million public journeys on its network of nearly...

 where many passengers change between Green line services to/from the Airport and Yellow line services to/from the Coast. During peak periods the station sees an intensive service with trains operating up to every 3 minutes to and from Newcastle city centre.

The station also houses the Metro Control Centre, located on platform 2 and on the site of the former station buildings.

History

The station was originally opened in 1864 as Gosforth station and was later renamed to South Gosforth in 1905. This was due to the opening of the West Gosforth station, located near to the modern Regent Centre.
An original North Eastern Railway

North Eastern Railway (UK)

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 footbridge

Footbridge

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 remains in use at South Gosforth. A similar footbridge removed from Percy Main

Percy Main Metro station

Percy Main Metro station is on the Yellow line of the Tyne and Wear Metro in the village of Percy Main in North Tyneside, England. The original station of the Newcastle & North Shields Railway opened in 1839 to serve a small riverside community clustered around a colliery...

 station has been preserved

Historic preservation

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 by the National Railway Museum

National Railway Museum

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 in York

York

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.

South Gosforth Depot

The Metro rolling stock depot

Traction maintenance depot

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 is located close by, in the triangle of land between South Gosforth, Regent Centre

Regent Centre Interchange

Regent Centre Interchange serves the Regent Centre business park in the Gosforth area of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The transport interchange consists of a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro, as well as a medium-sized bus station.- History :...

 and Longbenton

Longbenton Metro station

Longbenton Metro station is a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro network. It is set amongst the residential streets of the Longbenton area of Newcastle upon Tyne, although is probably more utilised due to its proximity to St Mary's RC Comprehensive School and the HMRC office complex, which the...

 stations. The depot is surrounded by a small industrial estate that mainly houses production facilities for the Greggs

Greggs

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 food chain. A number of Metro services terminate at South Gosforth, particularly at the end of rush hour

Rush hour

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 and close of service, due to its proximity to the depot.

External links

• Train times and station information for from Nexus
  Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive
  The Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive using the brandname of Nexus, is the Passenger Transport Executive for the Tyne and Wear region of North East England....