Central Station

Central Station joined the Tyne and Wear Metro network on 15 November 1981, following the opening of the third phase of the network, between Haymarket and Heworth. The station is located below , the National Rail station from which it gets its name. It is the third-busiest on the network after and . The station has entrances from inside the National Rail station, and from the street. Metro serves as a replacement for some routes that had formerly been operated from the mainline station towards & via the North Tyneside Loop. In 1984, Metro reached , replacing British Rail services. In 2002, Metro was extended to and , where it shares tracks between and Sunderland with Northern services on…