Regent Centre Metro station
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| Tyne and Wear Metro | |
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Regent Centre Interchange. The Metro station entrance is under the yellow sign in the background
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| Location | |
| Place | Gosforth |
| Local authority | Newcastle |
| WGS84 | 55°00′43″N 1°37′17″W / 55.0119°N 1.6215°WCoordinates: 55°00′43″N 1°37′17″W / 55.0119°N 1.6215°W |
| Fare zone information | |
| Network One zone | 2 |
| Metro zone | B |
| Original (1979) zone | 17 |
| Station code | RGC |
| Operations | |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Escalators | 2 both 'up' escalators |
| Usage | |
| Metro Usage | 0.80 million |
| History | |
| Opened | 10 May 1981 |
| List of stations | |
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 network's Green line, a well-served bus station and a 183 space car park.
It is heavily used by Regent Centre office workers and the students of the nearby and Academy, as well as shoppers using the nearby Asda store and Gosforth High Street.
The Interchange's location just west of the Great North Road through Gosforth was originally occupied by West Gosforth station, located on the Ponteland and Darras Hall Branch of the North Eastern Railway. Consisting of two side platforms, a simple pitched roof station building and a signal box, West Gosforth station opened on 1 June 1905, but closed to passengers on 17 June 1929 due to lower than expected passenger numbers and competition from bus services; goods services to the station continued until 14 August 1967.
What remained of West Gosforth station was demolished to make way for Regent Centre Interchange on the same site, and Metro services through Regent Centre commenced on 10 May 1981. The Interchange consists of a two platform station below street level covered by the station concourse, car park and bus station access road. A tall canopy covers the Metro station entrance and extends across the access road.
Apart from the removal of long-deactivated ticket barriers (and the installation of Pop Card validators) in the early 2010s, very few changes have been made to the station since its opening, and as such the interior remains very similar to Four Lane Ends, Jesmond and Heworth Metro stations.
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