Walkergate Metro station


Walkergate is a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro, serving Walkergate in Newcastle upon Tyne. The station joined the network in November 1982, following the opening of the line between Tynemouth and St. James.
The station is situated on the site of the former Walker station, which opened in 1839, under the Newcastle and North Shields Railway. This later became part of the North Tyneside Loop, served by the North Eastern Railway. The station was later renamed Walker Gate in April 1889. In the days of British Rail, the station was known as both Walkergate and Walker Gate. The Tyne and Wear Metro, however, uses the single word form.
Following closure for conversion in the early 1980s, the station was demolished and re-built. The original North Eastern Railway footbridge was preserved, and is now located at Pickering station, on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.
The station underwent modernisation work between September 2013 and July 2014, as part of the Metro: All Change programme. This involved improvements to accessibility, aesthetic changes, and the introduction of new smart ticket machines and validators.
The station was used by 213,773 passengers in 2017–18.

Facilities

Step-free access is available at all stations across the Tyne and Wear Metro network, with ramps providing step-free access to both platforms, as well as a lift providing step-free access to platform 1. The station is equipped with ticket machines, sheltered waiting area, 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, notes and coins. The station is also fitted with smartcard validators, which feature at all stations across the network.
There is a small free car park available at the station, with 24 spaces. There is also the provision for cycle parking, with 3 cycle pods available for use.

Service and frequency

Walkergate is served by the Yellow Line, which operates between South Shields and St. James with an end-to-end journey time of 83 minutes.
Services from platform 1 operate towards South Shields via Whitley Bay, with the first train departing at 05:57. Services from platform 2 operate towards St. James, with the first train departing at 05:43. Trains run frequently across the network, at intervals of up to every 12 minutes, and every 15 minutes, with the last trains departing at around midnight.
Journey times from Walkergate are: