Four Lane Ends Interchange
metro & bus station in Tyne & Wear
English: The Four Lane Ends Interchange is a car/bus/Metro transport interchange serving the north eastern districts of Newcastle upon Tyne and the adjacent areas of North Tyneside. Featuring a multi-storey car park, it operates as a park & ride facility. The interchange is on a site east of the N-S running Benton Road, which bridges the E-W running Metro tracks. To the south, Benton Park Road (to the west) and Front Street (to the east) meet Benton Road at a roundabout, which is the original of the name, Four Lane Ends. Administratively, the interchange is within North Tyneside, with the Newcastle/North Tyneside boundary running north along the west side of Benton Road and then west along the south side of the Metro tracks. The main building of the interchange is a large semi-circular concourse structure 55°00′36″N 1°34′42″W / 55.010092°N 1.578426°W, which acts as both the Metro station hall and the bus station - the bus stands are arranged around the circular (southern) edge of the building, with buses accessing them via the anti-clockwise road around it. The Metro platforms are beneath the concourse building, being entirely covered by it, and the adjoining bridge carrying Benton Road. The multi-storey car park is a rectangular structure sited adjacent to the straight edge of the concourse building, to the north.
Interchange building/bus station edit
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Viewed from the south west to the main entrance, looking across the roundabout where Benton Road (N-S) meets Benton Park Road (W)/Front Street(E)
18 September 2005 -
The view north along the bus stop gates along the west side of the interchange building
3 August 2013 -
4 October 2007
Metro station edit
English: Four Lane Ends 55°00′36″N 1°34′42″W / 55.0099°N 1.5784°W is a station on the Yellow Line of the Tyne and Wear Metro. It forms part of the Four Lane Ends Interchange, serving the north east of Newcastle & west North Tyneside.
Opened | New or converted |
Number of platforms | Track alignment | Tyne & Wear metropolitan borough |
11 August 1980 | New | 2 | ENE-WSW | North Tyneside |
Layout | ||||
Two side platforms in a cutting underneath an interchange building, with both a bus lane around the interchange building and a bridge for Benton Road (A188) to the west | ||||
Platform no. and position |
Direction of travel |
Previous stop |
Route | Next stop |
Platform 1 South |
Westbound | Benton | Yellow Line to South Shields (stop 22 of 42) | Longbenton |
Platform 2 North |
Eastbound | Longbenton | Yellow Line to St James (stop 21 of 42) | Benton |
Notes | ||||
None | ||||
Station buildings | ||||
Integrated into a large semi-circular concourse building which combines the station hall with a bus station | ||||
Access | ||||
All round access with a main exterior entrance to the south west, then internal access to the platforms below from within the interchange | ||||
Protection from the elements | ||||
Bus station/station building underside | ||||
Interchanges | ||||
bus, car |
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The interior of the station hall
10 August 1980 -
The view west to an eastbound Metrocar as it exits the station, bound for Tynemouth
10 August 1980 -
The view from the front of Metrocar No. 4089 as it approaches Platform 1, en route to South Shields
10 October 2005