Palmersville Metro station
Palmersville | |||||||||||
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| Tyne and Wear Metro station | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Forest Hall, North Tyneside England | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°01′25″N 1°32′28″W / 55.0236937°N 1.5411852°W | ||||||||||
| Grid reference | NZ294700 | ||||||||||
| Transit authority | Tyne and Wear PTE | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Bicycle facilities | 5 cycle pods | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Step-free access to platform | ||||||||||
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| Station code | PMV | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | B | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Original company | Tyne and Wear Metro | ||||||||||
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| 19 March 1986 | Opened | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2017/18 | 0.22 million[1] | ||||||||||
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Palmersville is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the village of Holystone and suburb of Forest Hall, North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the network on 19 March 1986.
History
[edit]The station is situated on the opposite side of the bridge with Great Lime Road to the short-lived former station, Benton Square. It was opened by the North Eastern Railway on 1 July 1909, closing on 20 September 1915, as part of an economy measure during the First World War.[2]
Prior to the opening of the station, the distance between Benton and Shiremoor was the longest between stations on the network.
In 2011, Palmersville was the first station on the network to be fitted with new ticket machines and smartcard validators, as part of the Metro: All Change programme.[3][4] A total of 225 new ticket machines were installed, at 60 stations, between 2011 and 2013.[5]
The station was used by 221,793 passengers in 2017–18, making it the third-least-used station in North Tyneside, after Hadrian Road (141,431) and Percy Main (203,204).
Facilities
[edit]Step-free access is available at all stations across the Tyne and Wear Metro network, with ramped access to both platforms. The station is equipped with ticket machines, waiting shelter, seating, next train information displays, timetable posters, and an emergency help point on both platforms. Ticket machines are able to accept payment with credit and debit card (including contactless payment), notes and coins.[6][7] The station is also fitted with smartcard validators, which feature at all stations across the network.[8][9]
There is no dedicated car parking available at the station. There is the provision for cycle parking, with five cycle pods available for use.[10]
Services
[edit]As of April 2021[update], the station is served by up to five trains per hour on weekdays and Saturday, and up to four trains per hour during the evening and on Sunday. Additional services operate between Pelaw and Monkseaton at peak times.[11]
Rolling stock used: Class 599 Metrocar
References
[edit]- ^ "Tyne & Wear Metro usage figures". 2017–2018. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "Disused Stations: Benton Square Station". Disused Stations. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Metro introduce bank card ticket machines". ChronicleLive. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "First new ticket machines in Newcastle". Nexus. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Smart ticket machines prompt growth in card payments". Nexus. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Metro passengers feel the benefit of contactless payment". Nexus. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Revamp for Metro ticket machines". BBC News. 11 December 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "City Metro stations get new smart ticket machines and gates". Nexus. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Pop card validators at Metro stations are put through their paces". Nexus. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Timetables and stations: Palmersville". Nexus. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Timetables and stations: Palmersville". Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
External links
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Media related to Palmersville Metro station at Wikimedia Commons- Timetable and station information for Palmersville
