Jesmond Metro station
Tyne and Wear Metro station in Newcastle upon Tyne
Jesmond is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the suburb of Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the network on 11 August 1980, following the opening of the first phase of the network, between Haymarket and Tynemouth via Four Lane Ends Interchange.
The station is situated some 120 m (130 yd) to the north-west of the former Jesmond station on the Blyth and Tyne Railway and North Tyneside Loop, which closed in preparation for the construction of the Tyne and Wear Metro and is now a pub called The Carriage.
History
Jesmond metro station was built in the late 1970s on a location some 120 m (130 yd) to the north-west of the former Jesmond station on the Blyth and Tyne Railway and North Tyneside Loop. The Tyne and Wear Metro line to South Gosforth station, and beyond, occupies the route of the previous railway from a point just north of the two Jesmond stations, necessitating the closure of the former railway station, which is now a public house called The Carriage.
The Tyne and Wear Metro station was designed by Faulkner-Brown Hendy Watkinson Stonor and L. J. Couves & Partners. It was chosen by Simon Jenkins as one of the top 100 stations in Britain, being described as a "miniature homage to the modernist architect Mies van der Rohe". In the treatment of the roof detailing and glass external walls, there are some similarities to Mies' New National Gallery in Berlin.
Tracks still run through the former station, linking the Tyne and Wear Metro line to the north of Jesmond with the line to the west of Manors. However, this link is only used by empty Metro trains going to and from their depot at South Gosforth, and no trains stop at the old station.
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