Newcastle Central station
Newcastle 
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| Newcastle Central | |
The main entrance
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| Location | |
| Place | Newcastle city centre |
| Local authority | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Coordinates | 54°58′07″N 1°37′02″W / 54.9686°N 1.6171°WCoordinates: 54°58′07″N 1°37′02″W / 54.9686°N 1.6171°W |
| Grid reference | NZ246638 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | NCL |
| Managed by | Virgin Trains East Coast |
| Number of platforms | 12 |
| DfT category | A |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 7.724 million |
| 2012/13 |
7.808 million |
| 2013/14 |
8.025 million |
| 2014/15 |
8.053 million |
| 2015/16 |
8.190 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Tyne and Wear (Nexus) |
| Zone | 1 |
| History | |
| Original company | York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway/Newcastle and Carlisle Railway joint |
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| 29 August 1850 | Opened as Newcastle-on-Tyne Central |
| 1890s | Extended |
| after 1948 | Renamed Newcastle |
| Listed status | |
| Listed feature | Central Railway Station; passenger buildings and train shed with platforms |
| Listing grade | Grade I listed |
| Entry number | 1355291 |
| Added to list | 14 June 1954 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Newcastle from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Newcastle railway station (also known as Newcastle Central) is on the East Coast Main Line in the United Kingdom, serving the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. It is 268 miles 56 chains (432.4 km) down-line from London King's Cross and on the main line it is situated between Chester-le-Street to the south and Manors to the north. Its three-letter station code is NCL.
Opened in 1850, it is a Grade I listed building and is located in the city centre at the southern edge of Grainger Town and to the west of the Castle Keep. It is a nationally important transport hub, being both a terminus and through-station on the main line between London and Edinburgh, the Durham Coast Line to Middlesbrough, and the Tyne Valley Line to Carlisle. It is also served by the adjoining Central Station on the Tyne and Wear Metro. As of June 2015, the main line station is managed by Virgin Trains East Coast.
All Virgin Trains East Coast services between London and Edinburgh stop at Newcastle. CrossCountry supplements services to Scotland, and operates trains southbound to the South West and South Coast of England via Birmingham and the wider Midlands region; trains reach as far as Penzance and Southampton. The station is also a terminus for TransPennine Express, which connects Newcastle to Liverpool Lime Street, via Leeds and Manchester Piccadilly, with some services also running to Manchester Airport.
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