Jesmond Metro station

Jesmond is an underground station on the Tyne and Wear Metro, serving Jesmond in Newcastle upon Tyne. The station joined the network in August 1980, following the opening of the line between Haymarket and Tynemouth – the first stage of the network to open.

Jesmond
Tyne and Wear Metro
Location
PlaceJesmond
Local authorityNewcastle upon Tyne
Coordinates54.9828°N 1.6056°W / 54.9828; -1.6056
Fare zone information
Metro zoneA
Network One1
Original zone26
Station codeJES
Operations
Platforms2
Usage
Metro Usage0.65[1] million
History
Original companyBlyth and Tyne Railway
Opened 27 June 1864
Closed for conversion23 January 1978
Metro since11 August 1980
List of stations

The station was designed by Faulkner-Brown Hendy Watkinson Stonor and L. J. Couves & Partners.[2] It was chosen by Simon Jenkins as one of the top 100 stations in Britain, being described as a "miniature homage to the modernist architect Mies van der Rohe".[3] In the treatment of the roof detailing and glass external walls, there are some similarities to Mies' New National Gallery in Berlin.

The Garden Front art installation, was commissioned for the station in 1978, and was designed by sculptor, Raf Fulcher. It is located in the enclosed space to the rear of the building.[4] The station also houses the Abstract Murals installation, created by Simon Butler. This artwork was commissioned in 1983, and consists of vitreous enamel panels with brightly coloured geometric shapes.[5]

The station was used by 654,624 passengers in 2017–18, making it the thirteenth-most-used station on the network.

History

The former Jesmond station was built in June 1864, to a design by John Dobson. The station opened under the Blyth and Tyne Railway, which ran from Blyth to Newcastle New Bridge Street. The was line later linked to Newcastle Central, and became part of the North Tyneside Loop.

The station closed in January 1978, to allow for the construction of the Tyne and Wear Metro network, using a new alignment in a tunnel, bypassing the original station. The new station was built to the north west of the former, re-opening in August 1980.

The main station building is still present, and is now The Carriage public house. The building is grade II listed and is the last remaining station of the former Blyth and Tyne Railway. A mockup of a signal box was built in the early 1990s, on the site of the former station master's house (demolished in the late 1970s), forming part of a restaurant, along with an old railway carriage.

A line still runs through the former station linking, the Tyne and Wear Metro line to the north of Jesmond, with the line to the west of Manors.

Facilities

Step-free access is available at all stations across the Tyne and Wear Metro network, with two lifts providing step-free access to platforms at Jesmond. The station is equipped with ticket machines, seating, next train information displays, timetable posters, and an emergency help point on both platforms. Ticket machines are able to accept payment with credit and debit card (including contactless payment), notes and coins.[6][7] The station is fitted with automatic ticket barriers, which were installed at 13 stations across the network during the early 2010s, as well as smartcard validators, which feature at all stations.[8][9] The station houses a newsagent's shop and coffee kiosk.

There is no dedicated car parking available at this station. There is the provision for cycle parking, with 5 cycle pods available for use.[10]

Service and frequency

Jesmond is served by the  Green Line , which operates between South Hylton and Airport, with an end-to-end journey time of 64 minutes, and the  Yellow Line , which operates between South Shields and St. James, with an end-to-end journey time of 83 minutes.

Services from platform 1 operate towards South Hylton and South Shields, with the first trains departing at 05:12 and 05:05 (05:18 and 05:13 on Saturday and 06:17 and 06:28 on Sunday).[note 1] Services from platform 2 operate towards Airport and St. James via Whitley Bay, with the first trains departing at 05:59 and 05:50 (06:25 and 06:03 on Saturday and 06:48 and 07:03 on Sunday).

Trains run frequently across the network, at intervals of up to every 12 minutes (Monday to Saturday daytime), and every 15 minutes (evening and Sunday), with the last trains departing at around midnight. Combined, trains run at intervals of up to every 6 minutes (Monday to Saturday daytime), and every 7–8 minutes (evening and Sunday) between Pelaw and South Gosforth.

Additional trains run during morning and evening peak hours (Monday to Friday) between Pelaw and Regent Centre or Monkseaton. This provides a train up to every 3 minutes through the station at peak times.[10]

Journey times from Jesmond are:

See also

References
  1. "Tyne and Wear Metro usage figures 2017–2018". Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  2. McCombie, Grace (2009). Newcastle and Gateshead: Pevsner City Guide. Yale University Press. p. 238. ISBN 978-0300126648.
  3. Jenkins, Simon (2017). Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations. Viking. pp. 257–8. ISBN 978-0241978986.
  4. "'Garden Front' by Raf Fulcher". Nexus. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  5. "'Abstract Murals' by Simon Butler". Nexus. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  6. "Metro passengers feel the benefit of contactless payment". Nexus. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  7. "Revamp for Metro ticket machines". BBC News. 11 December 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  8. "City Metro stations get new smart ticket machines and gates". Nexus. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  9. "Pop card validators at Metro stations are put through their paces". Nexus. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  10. "Timetables and stations: Jesmond". Nexus. Retrieved 1 June 2020.

Notes
  1. Some earlier trains operate as far as Pelaw or Park Lane.
Preceding station   Tyne and Wear Metro   Following station
towards St James
Yellow line
towards South Shields
towards Airport
Green line
towards South Hylton
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