Bank Foot

Bank Foot is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the suburbs of Woolsington and Kenton in the English city of Newcastle upon Tyne. It opened as a single-platform terminal station in 1981, as part of Metro phase two, between South Gosforth and Bank Foot.

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Type: Railway station
Description: metro station in Tyne & Wear
Also known as: “Bank Foot metro station” and “Bank Foot Metro station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kingston Park and Kingston Park.

Kingston Park

Stadium

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Kingston Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is used mostly for rugby union and rugby league matches and is the home stadium of Premiership Rugby side Newcastle Red Bulls. Kingston Park is situated 2,100 feet northeast of Bank Foot.

Kingston Park

Railway station

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Kingston Park is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the suburb of Kingston Park in the English city of Newcastle upon Tyne. It was opened in 1985, adjacent to the level crossing carrying Brunton Lane across the railway and with staggered platforms on either side of the level crossing. Kingston Park is situated 2,500 feet east of Bank Foot.

Church of St John the Evangelist

Church

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Church of St John the Evangelist is situated 2,200 feet east of Bank Foot.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kenton and Westerhope.

Kenton

Suburb

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Kenton is a suburb and electoral ward in the north west of Newcastle upon Tyne, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. It borders the Town Moor and Gosforth.

Westerhope

Suburb

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Westerhope is an area in western Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It was founded to provide housing for working families with sufficient land to grow vegetables.

Coxlodge

Suburb

Coxlodge is an area situated between Fawdon, Gosforth and Kenton in Newcastle upon Tyne, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. Until 1974 it was in Northumberland. Coxlodge is situated 1½ miles east of Bank Foot.

Bank Foot

Categories: Tyne and Wear Metro station, station located on surface, last station, through station, station, and transportation
Location: Woolsington, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.01392° or 55° 0′ 50″ north

Longitude

-1.67807° or 1° 40′ 41″ west

Elevation

253 feet (77 metres)

Operator

Nexus

Network

Tyne and Wear Metro

Open location code

9C7W287C+HQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4523848873

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

GeoNames ID

7676978

Wikidata ID

Q4855918

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Bank Foot” goes by many names.

Chinese: “堤岸腳站”
French: “Bank Foot”
Japanese: “バンク・フット駅”
Portuguese: “Bank foot (metro de newcastle)”
Portuguese: “Bank Foot”
Portuguese: “Estação Bank Foot”
Ukrainian: “Бенк-Фут”

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