Percy Main Metro station

Percy Main
Tyne and Wear Metro
Approaching Percy Main on an eastbound train
Location
Place	Percy Main
Local authority	North Tyneside
Fare zone information
Network One zone	2
Metro zone	B
Original (1979) zone	28
Station code	PCM
History
Opened	20 June 1839
Closed for conversion	11 August 1981
Metro since	14 November 1982
List of stations

Percy Main Metro station is on the Yellow line of the Tyne and Wear Metro in the village of Percy Main in North Tyneside, England. The original station of the Newcastle & North Shields Railway opened in 1839 to serve a small riverside community clustered around a colliery. All of the original buildings were demolished when the station was converted for Metro use.

The footbridge installed at Percy Main station by the North Eastern Railway has been preserved by the National Railway Museum in York.^[1] The footbridge is very similar to one still in situ at South Gosforth station.

From here, it is a 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) walk to the DFDS Seaways ferry terminal, and to Royal Quays. Also, it is a short walk to the south terminus of the North Tyneside Steam Railway.

The Metro tracks cross the 55th parallel north line of latitude just east of Percy Main station.

The station is in between the Meadow Well Metro station and Howdon Metro station Metro stations.

External links

• Train times and station information for Percy Main Metro station from Nexus

Coordinates: 54°59′59″N 1°28′29″W / 54.9996°N 1.4746°W

• Route 19 website

References

1. "Percy Main Bridge collection page". NRM Collections. National Railway Museum. Retrieved 2007-02-10.