Gateshead Interchange

English: Gateshead Interchange is a bus/Metro transport interchange in the centre of Gateshead. The interchange building combines a ticket hall for the Metro station with covered waiting areas for a bus station. Buses can enter and exit the station at two places - via the north west corner to the N-S road A184 road, and via the south east corner, onto a road junction where 4 roads meet - West Street from the north, Jackson Street from the east, High West Street from the south and Bensham Road from the west. Inside the station they can follow bus only roads to navigate to the various stands, laid out around a one way loop in the northern half, and a bi-directional lane in the south. The Metro station also occupies two further underground levels. Originally opened in 1981, the bus stops were originally out in the open - on 29 March 2004, new structures were officially opened, which allow passengers to transfer between all bus stands and the Metro without going outside, and without crossing any of the bus lanes (a southern wing is connected to the main portion to the north via the underground level). A centrepiece of the upgraded interchange is a 100m long glass and steel sculpture, Opening Line by Danny Lane, installed along the middle of the bi-directional bus lane, to stop people crossing in front of the buses instead of using the subway between the buildings or the pedestrian crossing at the western end.

Layout

• Bus only lanes (grey)
• Low rise 2004 built structures (black)
• Medium rise 1981 brown brick building (brown)
• Opening Line sculpture (red)

Interchange building/bus station

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  The north eastern entrance, on the east side of West Street
  22 September 2013
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  The view east into the northern one way loop of the bus station, from the top deck of a bus
  7 July 2006
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  The view east into the northern one way loop of the bus station, from inside a bus at one of the stands
  7 February 2007
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  The view west along the southern half of the bus station
  unknown
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  The view west along the north side of the Opening Line sculpture
  5 September 2012
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  Looking west as a Quaylink bus exits via the south east exit/entrance of the bus station
  5 May 2009
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  The view west along the south side of the Opening Line sculpture
  2 June 2009
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  The view west along the eastbound lane of the southern half of the bus station - on the left is the end of the Opening Line sculpture
  2 June 2009
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  The view east from the front of a passing bus, along the north side of the Opening Line sculpture
  12 July 2006

Metro station

English: Gateshead 54.9617°N 1.6041°W / 54.9617; -1.6041 (Gateshead Metro station) is a station on the Green & Yellow Lines of the Tyne and Wear Metro. It is part of the Gateshead Interchange in Gateshead town centre.

Opened	New or converted	Number of platforms	Track alignment	Tyne & Wear metropolitan borough
15 November 1981	New	2	E-W	Gateshead
Layout
An underground island platform below an intermediate underground level, beneath a ground level ticket hall in the interchange building
Platform no. and position	Direction of travel	Previous stop	Route	Next stop
Platform 1 North	Eastbound	Central Station	Yellow Line to South Shields (stop 31 of 42)	Gateshead Stadium
			Green Line to South Hylton (stop 15 of 31)
Platform 2 South	Westbound	Gateshead Stadium	Yellow Line to St James (stop 12 of 42)	Central Station
			Green Line to Airport (stop 17 of 31)
Notes
None
Station buildings
Integrated at the bottom of a high rise brown brick building, with a modern brick/glass bus station to the west
Access
Main ground level entrances from West Street beyond the north and south ends of the high rise
Protection from the elements
Tunnel roofs
Interchanges
bus

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  The wall at the east end of the platforms, looking south from Platform 1 across to Platform 2, from Metrocar No. 4089 bound for South Hylton
  10 October 2005
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  The view from the east end of Platform 1, from Metrocar No. 4089 bound for South Hylton
  10 October 2005
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  The view down the escalator from the intermediate level to the west end of the platforms - Platform 2 on the left and Platform 1 on the right
  20 June 2006
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  The view from the west end of Platform 2, up the escalators to the intermediate level
  1 March 2010
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  The view from the rear of a Metrocar to the tunnel mouth at the west end of Platform 1
  1 January 2006