Haymarket Metro station

English: Haymarket 54.977475°N 1.613891°W / 54.977475; -1.613891 (Haymarket Metro station) is a station on the Green & Yellow Lines of the Tyne and Wear Metro, sited at the northern edge of Newcastle city centre.

Opened	New or converted	Number of platforms	Track alignment	Tyne & Wear metropolitan borough
11 August 1980	New	2	N-S	Newcastle upon Tyne
Layout
An underground island platform beneath a ground level ticketing hall. The interior was substantially refurbished between 2007 and 2009 in conjunction with the rebuilding of the ground level station building
Platform no. and position	Direction of travel	Previous stop	Route	Next stop
Platform 1 East	Southbound	Jesmond	Yellow Line to South Shields (stop 28 of 42)	Monument
			Green Line to South Hylton (stop 12 of 31)
Platform 2 West	Northbound	Monument	Yellow Line to St James (stop 15 of 42)	Jesmond
			Green Line to Airport (stop 20 of 31)
Notes
None
Station buildings
The ground level station concourse is integrated into the Haymarket Hub building, which replaced a smaller round building in the original style (brown) - construction began in 2007, being officially opened on 29 March 2010. In the paved area directly to the north stands the South African War Memorial, unveiled in 1908
Access
Ground level entrances into the Haymarket Hub building, bordered by Percy Street to the west, St Mary's Place to the north, Northumberland Street to the east and a path to the south. Two escalators and a staircase between ground level and platform level were replaced with three escalators during refurbishment
Protection from the elements
Tunnel roofs
Interchanges
bus

Original station building

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  The north side from the west (on the right)
  13 July 2006
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  The east side from the north (on the right)
  13 July 2006
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  The north side from the east
  6 July 2006
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  The north side
  9 May 2007
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  The south side
  23 October 2005
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  The interior at night as seen from outside from the north, showing the top of the escalators down to platform level
  5 January 2004
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  The interior at night as seen from outside from the north, showing the top of the escalators down to platform level
  19 January 2007
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  Percy Street pole sign (looking west)
  24 August 2007

Underground portion before refurbishment

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  The bottom of the escalators, connecting the ground level station hall with the platform level
  7 October 2006
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  The view north along Platform 1
  18 November 2005
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  Advert hoardings on one of the tunnel side walls
  5 March 2006
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  Advert hoardings and graffiti on one of the tunnel side walls
  23 May 2006

Underground portion during refurbishment

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  One of the platform tunnels during refurbishment
  31 October 2008
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  The view down the escalator connecting the ground level station hall with the platform level
  16 February 2009

Haymarket Hub exterior

The Haymarket Hub building is a four sided modern glass structure. It is roughly square, 100' wide at its maximum width. It has a curved roof and wide radius corners, with each side featuring a full length arched feature, which roughly face each of the four compass directions. As well as containing the station hall, it also features retail units and a Nexus travel shop at ground level, while offices occupy the floors above.

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  The north face
  16 January 2009
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  The west face
  16 January 2009
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  The north face
  26 January 2009
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  The north face
  26 January 2009
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  The west (left) & south (right) faces
  8 May 2009
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  The north face
  13 May 2009
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  The north face
  13 May 2009
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  The north face
  4 July 2009
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  The west (left) & south (right) faces
  31 January 2010
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  The north face
  1 June 2011
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  The north face
  27 July 2011
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  The west face
  3 August 2012
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  The west face
  31 March 2013
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  The west face
  15 September 2013
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  The north face
  16 September 2013

Ground level & escalators after refurbishment

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  The interior of the station hall
  27 July 2011
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  The interior wall a the top of the escalators
  20 September 2010
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  The top of the escalators connecting the ground level station hall with the platform level
  20 September 2010
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  The view down the escalators connecting the ground level station hall with the platform level
  20 September 2010
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  27 July 2011
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  3 September 2012
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  The bottom of the escalators, connecting the ground level station hall with the platform level
  14 May 2011

Platform level after refurbishment

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  The view north along the space in between Platform 2 (left) & 1 (right)
  20 September 2010
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  The view along the walkway from the central area to the doors of Metrocar No. 4025
  20 September 2010
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  The station name along the side of one of the platform tunnels
  20 September 2010
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  The station name at the top of one of the platform tunnels
  20 September 2010
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  The view north along Platform 1
  20 September 2010
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  The view north along Platform 1, as Metrocar No. 4051 enters the station en route to Pelaw
  20 September 2010
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  The view from the front of a Metrocar as it enters Platform 1, en route to Airport
  1 March 2010
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  The view from the front of a Metrocar as it enters Platform 2
  4 August 2011
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  The view from the front of a Metrocar as it enters Platform 2
  9 January 2012
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  The view south along Platform 2
  27 July 2011
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  The view south along Platform 2
  27 July 2011
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  The view south along Platform 2 as a train bound for Airport arrives
  27 July 2011
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  The view south along Platform 2 as a train bound for Airport arrives
  27 July 2011
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  The view south down Platform 2, while a train bound for Airport loads
  28 September 2009