Small station that is the end of the line, sort of. There is now a ticket office where you can…read morepurchase advance tickets to anywhere on the net work. Off to saltburn for which there is a direct line train, at £10.30 return quite a bargain for a day out.

Very twee station. Always seems to be full of hanging baskets and pretty clean. The parking is…read morefree, and it's rather facility free too, so best to grab food and such before the short walk from town. Plenty of little seats for a small station too.

Small country station with helpful & friendly staff. Picture perfect flower pots. Free parking…read more Ticket machine on platform. Quite exposed so windy. Best to wrap up!

Great stop on the way from Scotland to London. Town looked great and beautiful. Snack area was nice.read more

In town recently for the Newcastle vs. West Ham game, we took a train to London the next morning…read more Being our first time in town, we didn't know what to expect in terms of the station, but our experience was positive and in line with the other reviews... We found the staff helpful, the station easy enough to navigate, etc... I was glad that we arrived early to find which platform our LNER train was on (#3) and then figure out what area to board based on our prebooked tickets. I didn't realize until it was too late that there was a designated warmer indoor area for us to wait. Bummer! Our train departed on time but did hit a delay on our route... clearly that is not the fault of the Newcastle Central Station, however. I'm not sure if/when I'll be back, but if you find yourself in the area, this is a beautiful station to come into or out of. Safe travels!

It's living history in this city of seven bridges. The train station is 224 years old and it is…read morefree to go into, explore and admire. The station opened in August 1850, as part of the then Newcastle & Carlisle Railway and York, Newcastle & Berwick Railway. Now it's a Grade 1 listed building located in the city's Grainger Town area, to the west of the Castle Keep. The station was noted for its complex set of diamond crossings to the east of the station which facilitated access to the High Level Bridge and northbound East Coast Main Line and was said to be the greatest such crossing in the world. The crossing was the subject of many early-1900s post cards, titled The Largest Railway Crossing in the World, photographed from the castle (towards the station), or from the station towards the castle. Trains cross the River Tyne on one of two bridges. The older High Level Bridge, south-east of the station, was designed by Robert Stephenson opened on 27 September 1849. Its location meant north-south trains had to reverse in the station to continue their journey. The King Edward VII Bridge south-west of the station opened on 10 July 1906 allowing north-south trains to continue without reversing. The two bridges enable the trackwork north and south of the river to form a complete circle, allowing trains to be turned if necessary. The former Gateshead depot next to the connecting tracks on the south side of the Tyne, mirrored Newcastle station.

Just rolled into the Darlington Station... and it is.. Darling! Ha! One platform, looks pretty easy…read moreto navigate. The town around the station looks nice as well. I stayed on the train, so I can't comment on the station's facilities. Cheers!

The station is great access for the East Coast Main Line. I…read moreregularly get this train to go down to London for work. The facilities are top draw. Cash Machines, Costa Coffee, A Pumpkin Cafe as well as WH smith. Make sure you have your ticket before you get on the train, as it has automatic gates. Staff are great to chat too and if your train is late, you can wait in the lounge. Parking is expensive so get a taxi. Normally £3 £5 from anywhere in Darlo. The taxis either drop you off at the front of back entrance.

Beautiful station and platforms are *** 3 star for cleanlinessread more

Despite being given a slight refurbishment with some new lighting and signage, new ticket machines…read moreand a swanky new light wall, Sunderland station is still a dump and definitely the worst welcome to a city you could possibly receive. I mean, Sunderland isn't exactly my favourite city, but I often come to see shows at the Empire Theatre, and as soon as my train pulls into Sunderland, my good mood is instantly dulled by the pathetic excuse of a train station before my eyes. As it is part of the Tyne & Wear Metro, the entire platform areas are located underground, below the ticket office, left unstaffed. I just feel a little uncomfortable heading down there in the early evening, especially in winter. It definitely isn't a place I would go on my own. I'd always try and have a friend with me for protection just in case a fight broke out on the platform or if I was robbed. There is no indication of how or where to buy tickets. The ticket office seems to be closed half the time, you can only get Metro tickets from the yellow machines on the main concourse, and you can only get National Rail (i.e. Northern, LNER, Grand Central) tickets from the blue plexiglass ticket machines on the platforms. It seems rather confusing. You can't get Rail tickets from the Metro machines and vice-versa. There is no signage indicating which machines to use and I can imagine it would cause confusion to first-time users of the station or the elderly. On the whole, a nasty place. Sunderland station management, take notes from Newcastle Central!!!

The ticket master was great, polite, helpful and informative. The station clean and tidy. Not…read moremuch else to say really, a nice old station and the beginning of a magical journey for some.

Monument Metro Station was the first station I visited to use the Metro on my on-going trip to…read moreNewcastle. Monument is one of the main Metrolink stations serving Eldon Square and Newcastle city centre, this is located just outside the restaurants on the lower floor of Eldon Square. The station was okay, it did have some staff who seemed a little helpful and it did have machines to buy tickets, although I found the touchscreens to be so stiff you literally had to punch the screen to buy the tickets, and in all honesty I felt like David Haye or Ricky Hatton afterwards, as it felt like I was in a fighting match against the machine just to get my £5 All zones day saver. There was one lift down to the concourse and then one into the platform which is typical of any underground railway system station whether in the Tyne and Wear network or others such as London or Madrid. There was also a few shops downstairs in the metro stop and Amazon Lockers which was pretty cool, the latter, of course, is especially useful if you're going to be out and want to get a delivery, it means you don't have to wait perhaps the next working day to pick it up from a parcel shop, as is the case with Royal Mail. The floor to train was up a slight gap, it was slightly uneven but I also noticed this at other metro stations such as at Gateshead and Central Station but overall this is a decent metro station and a cool station to start off my journey on the Tyne and Wear metro, in a good, central location, hence deserving a two star rating.

Monument is the flagship station on the Tyne & Wear Metro. You can get to the Airport and South…read moreHylton on the Green Line and St James, the Shields and the Coast on the Yellow. Despite being the main metro interchange, most centrally located Station and popular meeting point, it is very very run down and old looking. I suggest that Nexus refurbish it to the same standard as Central Station and Haymarket if they want to impress me. The lift here is seriously dodgy. If it shakes once, you are a goner. The escalators are no better. The ticket barriers thankfully work fine but I had an issue with the automated ticket dispenser once. It would not accept my Scottish fiver so I had to go to one of the security guys to ask where I could exchange it for cash or an English note. It is convenient for Eldon Square and the TK Maxx end of Northumberland St though, I will give it that.