Bank Foot Metro station

Bank Foot
Tyne and Wear Metro station
Bank Foot station, looking east in 2010, after the Airport extension had been built
General information
LocationKenton Bank Foot
Newcastle upon Tyne
England
Coordinates55°00′50″N 1°40′41″W / 55.0139176°N 1.6780732°W / 55.0139176; -1.6780732
Grid referenceNZ206688
Transit authorityTyne and Wear PTE
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Parking62 spaces
Bicycle facilities8 cycle pods
AccessibleStep-free access to platform
Other information
Station codeBFT
Fare zoneB
History
Original companyTyne and Wear Metro
Key dates
10 May 1981Opened as terminus of line
17 November 1991Line extended to Airport
Passengers
2017/180.11 million[1]
Services
Preceding station Tyne and Wear Metro Following station
Kingston Park
towards South Hylton
Green Line Callerton Parkway
towards Airport
Location
Bank Foot is located in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Bank Foot
Bank Foot
Bank Foot is located in Tyne and Wear
Bank Foot
Bank Foot
Location in Tyne and Wear, England
Bank Foot station, looking east in 1981, before the Airport extension was built

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, with the opening of the second phase of the metro, between South Gosforth and Bank Foot. It was restructured as a two platform through station in 1991, with the opening of the extension to Newcastle Airport.

  1. ^ "Tyne & Wear Metro usage figures". 2017–2018. Retrieved 21 August 2019.