St James is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the network as a terminus station on 14 November 1982, following the opening of the fourth phase of the network, between Tynemouth and St James via Wallsend.
St James | |||||||||||
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| Tyne and Wear Metro station | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne England | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 54°58′28″N 1°37′16″W / 54.9743470°N 1.6210905°W | ||||||||||
| Grid reference | NZ243644 | ||||||||||
| Transit authority | Tyne and Wear PTE | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Parking | 345 spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 5 cycle pods | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Step-free access to platform | ||||||||||
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| Station code | SJM | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | A | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Original company | Tyne and Wear Metro | ||||||||||
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| 14 November 1982 | Opened | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2017/18 | 0.27 million[1] | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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History
editThe station is situated below St James' Park – the home of Newcastle United Football Club. The interior of the station is decorated in black and white stripes (the colours of Newcastle United F.C.), featuring images depicting players and managers from the past and present. When the station was first opened, it was finished in the same colour scheme as other stations on the network – cream and cadmium yellow.
Facilities
editStep-free access is available at all stations across the Tyne and Wear Metro network, with two lifts providing step-free access to platforms at St. James. As part of the Metro: All Change programme, new lifts were installed at St. James in 2013,[2] with new escalators installed in 2016.[3] 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.[4][5] 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.[6][7]
A pay and display car park (operated by Newcastle City Council) is available, with 345 spaces, as well as a taxi rank. There is also the provision for cycle parking, with five cycle pods available for use.[8]
Services
editAs of April 2021[update], the station is served by up to five trains per hour on weekdays and Saturday, and up to four trains per hour during the evening and on Sunday.[9]
Rolling stock used: Class 599 Metrocar
References
edit- ^ "Tyne & Wear Metro usage figures". 2017–2018. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "Passengers benefit from Metro's summer of modernisation work". Nexus. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ "Metro says goodbye to its last original escalator". Nexus. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ "Metro passengers feel the benefit of contactless payment". Nexus. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ "Revamp for Metro ticket machines". BBC News. 11 December 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ "City Metro stations get new smart ticket machines and gates". Nexus. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ "Pop card validators at Metro stations are put through their paces". Nexus. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ "Timetables and stations: St James". Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Timetables and stations: St James". Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
External links
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Media related to St James Metro station at Wikimedia Commons- Timetable and station information for St James
