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!

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.

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.

This station is rather a beautiful structure with attractive heritage ironwork and other features…read more in terms of passenger amenities it is fairly basic but unusually boasts an Indian restaurant. Trains run regularly from here to Newcastle and Carlisle. It is an attractive part of England to explore by train.

For being such a small station, there sure was a lot happening! Lots of passengers disembarked…read morehere, opening up additional seats on the train. Two platforms here; stayed on train so can't comment on anything else here. Cheers!

We booked our tickets for our trip and had a problem with one of our connections. The staff here…read moreat the station expertly solved the problem by issuing new ticket and refunding the wrong one. Courteous and efficient, our representative here was all we could expect! The station itself was clean and laid out in an appropriate manner so that travel in and out was easy. Bit of a walk to Durham city center, it's mostly downhill so no worries leaving. Walking to the station was mostly up hill. We had a lovely stay in Durham!

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.

I'm a fan of Victorian Architecture, and this place is a page out of the history books…read more It's an actual working station, half exposed, half glass covered, and absolutely beautiful. The restrooms were clean and neat, and the trains seemed to be running on time.

Third visit to this gorgeous, historic train station that is a bit of a trip back in time with its…read moredeco style roof and ancient stone buildings, a cool bridge to walk over from one platform to another. Have a couple of hours to kill waiting for my train and would just as soon do it here as anywhere else in town. Ample places to get a tea, espresso or fine ale if you wish and several modest food options. If none of this suits you City Centre is but 100 feet away.

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

Think twice before booking for an important occasion!…read more Feel free to take this review with a pinch of salt as I haven't actually managed to eat at the Valley restaurant, the food looks very good. However I did have a booking for a party of 15 people for the 12th of February, this booking was made and confirmed and a deposit of £150 paid in January. This booking was cancelled today at around midday, which leaves me very little time to organise anything else for an important event! Now I'm 100% sure that the restaurant haven't tried to contact me via email, phone or text prior to the 11th of feb 1 day before the booking, I'm happy to show my phone/email records to prove this as the restaurant are adamant (wrongly) that they have to tried to contact me, well there either telling fibs or they haven't tried very hard at all! So I'm now left trying to organise a stag do for 15 people on the day of the stag do, great thanks you. To make this worse after a refund was agreed upon at my request, the restaurant charged me again another £150 pounds! As of writing this review I still haven't received the £300 pounds I'm owed and this has had a very significant impact on my weekend as it's unfortunately left me without the funds to pay for what I needed to do this weekend! I'm very upset about this! The reason for the cancellation was that the train services had been cancelled. Now if it was my business I would make sure my bookings were kept, I would simply organise alternative means of transport, taxi or minibus. But no this hasn't been offered! What I will say is that you should really think twice about booking here if the occasion is an important one, business, birthday what have you. As there is a very real possibility it will be cancelled and like my experience you will only be told the day before, and have to pay £300 for the privilege. Although the food does look very nice so you might want to risk it...

Elegant Indian Restaurant set in a 19th century building on a railway station. Travel by train and…read moreorder your meal whilst in transit which will be ready upon your arrival, No need to worry about who is driving. Relax in the bar before experiencing Indian cuisine at its very finest, and served by smart staff with impeccable manners in authentic and smart surroundings. This is a must for fans of Indian cuisine, awarded The Best Indian Restaurant in the North by The Curry Club of Great Britain. They also have two other unique retaurants in Jesmond and Hexam, which I hope to be able to report back to you in the not to distant future. (please note that the last photograph, Valley 397 is not the Corbridge restaurant)