Callerton Parkway Metro station

metro station in Tyne & Wear
English: Callerton Parkway 55°01′40″N 1°42′13″W / 55.0279°N 1.7036°W / 55.0279; -1.7036 (Callerton Parkway Metro station) is a station on the Green Line of the Tyne and Wear Metro. It is a parkway station located just off the off the A696 road, in the rural area in between the north west edge of urban Newcastle and the city's airport (which is itself served by the next stop on the line).
Opened New
or converted
Number of platforms Track alignment Tyne & Wear metropolitan borough
17 November 1991 New 2 NNW-SSE Newcastle upon Tyne
Layout
Two side platforms at ground level, with platform level station buildings at their northern ends
Platform no.
and position
Direction
of travel M
Previous
stop
Route Next
stop
Platform 1
East
Southbound Airport Green Line to South Hylton (stop 02 of 31) Bank Foot
Platform 2
West
Northbound Bank Foot Green Line to Airport (stop 30 of 31) Airport
Notes
* M - these are compass headings, which in this station's case do not correspond to the directions diagrammatically indicated on the official Metro route map archive copy at the Wayback Machine - Northbound is Westbound & Southbound is Eastbound on the Metro map
Station buildings
Two simple rectangular structures in the original style, both 30' by 15'
Access
Footpaths 75' north to a level crossing with the E-W running B6918, and another east to the access road for the parkway car park
Protection from the elements
Station building only
Interchanges
car - parkway car park directly to the east of the station (another directly to the west is a private airport parking facility)