Monument is an underground Tyne and Wear Metro station at the heart of Newcastle city centre. It sits on Blackett Street, NE1, directly beneath Grey’s Monument, after which it is named. It is the busiest station on the Metro network, with 8.1 million passengers in 2024/25, almost twice as many as the second-busiest station, Central. That works out at roughly 156,000 passengers a week.
Monument is the network’s main interchange. Green line and Yellow line trains use both of its levels, linking the city centre with Newcastle International Airport, Gateshead, Sunderland, South Shields and the North Tyneside coast. The lower platforms have up to ten trains an hour in each direction on weekdays and Saturdays.
The station opens straight onto Newcastle’s main shopping district. The ticket hall has exits into Fenwick, Eldon Square Shopping Centre, Blackett Street and Grey Street, and it contains several shops, including a Sainsbury’s Local. There is step-free access throughout, with lifts from street level to the platforms. Nearby are Grey Street, Grainger Market, Northumberland Street, the Theatre Royal and Grainger Town’s Georgian streets.... Read more