Newcastle railway station

Newcastle Station
General information
Other names	Central Newcastle
Location	Neville Street Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 5DL
Coordinates	54°58′06″N 1°37′01″W / 54.9683766°N 1.6170427°W / 54.9683766; -1.6170427
Grid reference	NZ246638
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	London North Eastern Railway
Transit authority	Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive
Platforms	12
Other information
Station code	NCL
Classification	DfT category A
History
Original company	Newcastle and Carlisle Railway York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway British Rail
Key dates
29 August 1850	Opened as Newcastle-on-Tyne Central
1890s	Extended
Passengers
2018/19	8.914 million
Interchange	0.376 million
2019/20	8.815 million
Interchange	0.409 million
2020/21	1.555 million
Interchange	69,344
2021/22	7.040 million
Interchange	0.269 million
2022/23	8.403 million
Interchange	0.307 million
Listed Building – Grade I
Feature	Passenger buildings and train shed with platforms
Designated	14 June 1954
Reference no.	1355291[1]
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Newcastle station (also known as Newcastle Central and locally as Central Station) is a railway station in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom. It is located on the East Coast Main Line, around 268 miles (432 km) north of London King's Cross.^[2] It is the primary national rail station serving Newcastle upon Tyne and is an interchange for local services provided by the Tyne and Wear Metro network whose Central Station is situated beneath the national rail station. It is the busiest station in Tyne & Wear, as well as the busiest in North East England.^[3]

The main line serving the station is the East Coast Main Line from London to Edinburgh via Berwick and Newcastle. TransPennine Express maintains a frequent service to Liverpool and Manchester, and CrossCountry provides services to the West Midlands and South West of England. The station is also on the Durham Coast Line which provides commuter connections to Gateshead, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Stockton, and Middlesbrough. Additionally, the station is served by the Tyne Valley Line to Hexham and Carlisle. Direct destinations from the station include London, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Durham, York, Darlington, Bristol, Reading, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Coventry, Leicester, Derby, Nottingham, Hull, Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth and Plymouth.

The station opened in August 1850, as part of the then Newcastle & Carlisle Railway and York, Newcastle & Berwick Railway. Now a Grade I listed building, it is located in the city's Grainger Town area, to the west of the Castle Keep.^[1] In Simon Jenkins' Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations, the station was one of only ten to be awarded five stars.^[4]