MetroCentre railway station
MetroCentre is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between Newcastle and Carlisle via Hexham. The station, situated 3 miles 33 chains west of Newcastle, between Dunston and Blaydon, serving the MetroCentre shopping centre, Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England.- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station serving the MetroCentre, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
- Also known as: “MCE”, “Metro Centre”, “Metrocentre railway station”, “MetroCentre Railway Station”, and “Metrocentre station”
- Address: Gateshead, NE11 9GA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dunston railway station and Holy Trinity Church.
Dunston railway station
Railway station
Dunston is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between Newcastle and Carlisle via Hexham. The station, situated 2 miles 23 chains west of Newcastle, serves the suburb of Dunston, Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England. Dunston railway station is situated 1 mile southeast of MetroCentre railway station.
Holy Trinity Church
Church
Holy Trinity Church is situated 1 mile southwest of MetroCentre railway station.
Kings Meadow Island
Ruins
Kings Meadow Island was a flat island in the River Tyne in Northumberland, between Elswick on the north bank and Dunston on the south, near Gateshead, England. Kings Meadow Island is situated 1 mile east of MetroCentre railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dunston and Swalwell.
Dunston
Suburb
Dunston is a western area of the town of Gateshead on the south bank of the River Tyne, in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, North East England. Dunston had a population of 18,326 at the 2011 Census.
Swalwell
Village
Swalwell is a village in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, which was historically part of County Durham.
Whickham
Town
Whickham is a village in the Borough of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, North East England, historically in the county of Durham. The village is on high ground overlooking the River Tyne and 5 miles south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne.
MetroCentre railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Gateshead, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.95889° or 54° 57′ 32″ north
Longitude
-1.66493° or 1° 39′ 54″ west
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Wheelchair access
yes
Operator
Network
Abbreviation
“MCE”
Open location code
9C6WX85P+H2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=station
OpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“MetroCentre railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station MetroCentre”
- Dutch: “Station MetroCentre”
- French: “gare de MetroCentre”
- French: “MetroCentre”
- Urdu: “میٹرو سینٹر ریلوے اسٹیشن”
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