Transport & Travel

Here we hope to provide you with all the information you need if you are travelling in or to the Newcastle area for the Love Parade.

Newcastle is well served when it comes to transportation including: Tyne and Wear Metro light rail system, mainline and local railway services from a number of operators, air links from Newcastle International Airport, local and long distance bus and coach services and good direct road links.

Air Travel

Newcastle International Airport is located on the North West outskirts of Newcastle at Woolsington. It is easily accessible by road or rail.

Newcastle Airport has its own station on the Tyne & Wear Metro (see below), this provides rapid access to the city centre, mainline rail links, the coast and south Tyneside. The Metro links directly to mainline and local rail services at the Central Station in Newcastle..

The Airport is located directly off the A696, which links directly to the main A1 North South Trunk road. Busses run from a number of locations to the airport, long distance coaches are also operated from a number of cities. The airport is also well served by taxis including the airport taxi service which operates from the main entrance of the airport.

Tyne and Wear Metro

The Tyne and Wear Metro is Newcastle's answer to the London Underground. It's a rapid light rail system that includes underground sections in Newcastle and Gateshead. Its routes run to Whitley Bay and the coast in North Tyneside, South Shields in South Tyneside and North to Gosforth, North Tyneside and Newcastle Airport.

Visit the Tyne and Wear Metro website for station and timetable information. The Tyne & Wear Metro also links to rail services at Newcastle Central Station and with International and Domestic flights at Newcastle Airport. It is also well linked to bus services in Tyne And Wear at many interchange stations.

Rail Services

A Number of Operators provide rail services to and from Newcastle. The main station in the city centre is Newcastle Central, it's located on Mosley Street at the bottom of Grainger Street. It is easy to travel to by bus or Metro. There is also a busy taxi rank outside the station and there is long and short term car parking available.

Rail Operators which serve Newcastle and the North East coast include: Great North Eastern Railway (GNER) Mainline Services, Northern Spirit operates local routes throughout the North, Virgin Railways operate cross country services.

Ferries
From North Shields you can catch ferries to a number of European destinations including Norway, Holland and Sweden.

Ferry services are operated by DFDS Seaways, Fjord Line and Colorline. Buses run from the Central Station in Newcastle direct to the North Shields Ferry Terminal. Visit the following websites for up to date destination and timetable information.

Car

If you're coming by car, you may want to share the cost. Liftshare.com is a free website service for all travellers in the UK, which provides cheap travel and reduces traffic. It puts people travelling to the same destination in contact with each other, allowing them to arrange to travel together and share the cost.

Details of all transport around Newcastle can also be found at the Nexus website.

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