Wallsend Metro station

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Wallsend
Wallsend station is probably the only station in Britain with signs in Latin. This two-language sign reads "Platform 2 / Suggestus II : No Smoking / Noli Fumare".
Location
Place	Wallsend
Local authority	North Tyneside
Fare zone information
Network Zone	27
Metro Zone	B
History
Opened	1839-06-19
Metro since	1982-11-14
Tyne and Wear Metro List of Tyne and Wear Metro stations

An image of the local Jobcentre labelled "Forum Venalicium" ("slave market")

Wallsend Metro station is located towards the centre of Wallsend, a town on the north bank of the River Tyne, in Tyne and Wear, England. The station was originally opened on June 19, 1839, and was reopened as a Tyne and Wear Metro station on November 14, 1982. It is probably the only public facility in Britain in which the signage is in Latin. This is a nod to its location near the Segedunum Roman fort at the end of Hadrian's Wall. The station also includes a number of photographs of local shops and facilities which have been digitally altered so that their names appear in Latin.

Upon its opening it served as a major interchange, as it was located adjacent to the Wallsend bus station, which had facilities for the staff and drivers of the PTE's services. Wallsend bus station is a terminus for many local services and provides bus links to many points within North Tyneside and Newcastle, offering much more convenient stops for passengers than the Metro line itself, which by the nature of light rail cannot stop as often. In the late 1990s, Wallsend bus station lost its facilities for the staff, but retained its standing as a major terminus.

[edit] Ticketing anomalies

Different zonal fare systems are used for Metro single tickets and inter-modal Transfare tickets, which means that for a number of journeys a Transfare may actually be cheaper than a standard Metro-only ticket.

Station	Network Zone	Metro Zone
Byker	27	A
Chillingham Road	27	A

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Wallsend Tyne and Wear Metro station

[edit] External links

Train times and station information for Wallsend Metro station from Nexus
Artist's Website Latin signage and map of Hadrian's Wall in the style of the Nexus metro map by artist Michael Pinsky