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The easiest way for a visitor (or anyone else) to get around Newcastle and the Tyneside area is to take the Metro. The system is easy to use, clean, reliable and generally efficient. There are just two lines – the green one runs between the Airport to the north west of the city and South Hylton on Wearside, while the yellow runs in a “loop with a tail” to connect the coast with the city centre.
You need to buy your ticket in advance from the machines in the station. These don’t take bank notes or credit cards so you’ll need to make sure you have enough change for your journey. The stations are arranged in three zones and you pay according to how many zones you’ll be travelling through. As a guide, the cost in December 2006 was £2.50 for a 2-zone day return.
The main stations in the city centre are
Haymarket – for the Civic Centre, some good pubs (including our favourite, the Crows Nest) and the top end of Northumberland Street (start of the shopping district)
Monument – for the shops of Eldon Square and many others, the Theatre Royal and shuttle buses to the Quayside and Metro centre
Central Station – as the name suggests, for the central station and mainline connections, also a fairly easy walk to the Quayside
St James – for the football stadium and also Chinatown
For a bit of extra fun, especially if travelling with small children, try to get the seat at the front of the train – you’ll get a great view ahead down the tracks and the kids can pretend to drive the train!
The only downsides to the Metro that I can see is that it doesn’t run on Bank Holidays and also that it stops running rather early at night – the last train from the city centre is before midnight even on a Saturday, and this is in the so-called “party capital” of Europe!
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 by Fen
The system runs underground through central Newcastle and Gateshead, and above ground everywhere else. It connects with main line rail services at Central Station, and with local bus services and taxi ranks at several points. Many Metro stations have car parks nearby. Leave a Comment
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 The Metro System by dazherg
For visitors this is the best way to travel around Newcastle ....visiting Gateshead, Tynemouth and Whitley Bay also... Leave a Comment Theme: Subway/Metro
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 Waiting for the Metro by sabsi
Looks like the city has quite a good underground system connecting Newcastle with Gateshead and Sunderland.
We still could have walked faster though... Leave a Comment Theme: Subway/Metro
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 Meet me at the station by yooperprofLeave a Comment Theme: Subway/Metro
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 by steventilly
You buy your tickets from machines before passing through the barriers to board the train. The trains are quite comfortable and they do get you around rather quickly. Trains run approximately every 10 minutes during the daytime and every 15 mins Evenings & Sundays.
In central Newcastle it's almost as easy to just walk everywhere, as it's a fairly compact city centre. Theme: Train
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Buying Metro tickets can be tricky. Take coins with you, as notes and cards are not accepted in the machines, and only a few stations have change machines.
Secondly, the ticket machines are nearly 30 years old (even though they've been refurbished to look newer), and they are finnicky about accepting even slightly dirty coins. The best way, I've found, is to rub both sides of the coin on a handkerchief before inserting it.
The machines sell single/return tickets, and two types of day ticket - the DaySaver and Day Rover - allowing unlimited travel within a 1 day period. The DaySaver is valid on all Metro services, the Shields ferry, the yellow Quaylink buses, and train services between Sunderland and Newcastle. The Day Rover is more expensive, but it also gives validity on all buses within Tyne and Wear, and train services to and from the MetroCentre.
A special type of single ticket - called a Transfare - is available if you want to take a Metro to a particular station, followed by a bus to your final destination. This is cheaper than buying two separate tickets. (Transfares are also available from bus drivers, if you're doing it the other way round.)
For longer periods of unlimited travel, weekly, monthly, and annual tickets are available, but they must be purchased from a Travelshop (inside larger Metro stations), and a passport-sized photo must be provided. There are two types: MetroSaver (same validity as DaySaver above) and Network Travelticket (same validity as Day Rover).
Some honesty is expected when travelling, as the Metro is an "open" system. A few stations have ticket barriers, but these haven't actually worked since the 1980s! Just push the turnstile and you'll go straight through.
Regular ticket checks are conducted on trains, so if you think you can get away with not paying, beware. A fine of £20 is charged if you don't have a ticket, and the Metro regularly names and shames fare dodgers on its monthly "loser list". Theme: Subway/Metro
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Quickest way around town is by metro as traffic in city has one-way systems causing
congestion. Metro is underground system similar to `tube` and links you to all bus, train,and air terminals. There are plenty of buses in town and taxi ranks too.
Airport is about 10 miles/ 15mins drive away from city centre.
Trains (Central Station) are in city centre. Theme: Subway/Metro
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