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An image of the local
Jobcentre labelled "Forum Venalicium"
("slave market")
Wallsend Metro station is located towards the
centre of Wallsend, a town
on the north bank of the River Tyne, in Tyne and Wear, England. The station was originally opened on
19 June 1839, and was reopened as a Tyne and Wear Metro station on 14
November 1982. It is probably the only public facility in Britain
in which the signage is in Latin. This is a nod to its location near the Segedunum Roman fort at the end of Hadrian's Wall.
The station also includes a number of photographs of local shops
and facilities which have been digitally altered so that their
names appear in Latin.
Upon its opening it served as a major interchange, as it was
located adjacent to the Wallsend bus station, which had facilities for the
staff and drivers of the PTE's
services. Wallsend bus station is a terminus for many
local services and provides bus links to many points within North Tyneside
and Newcastle, offering much more
convenient stops for passengers than the Metro line itself, which
by the nature of light rail cannot stop as often. In the late
1990s, Wallsend bus station lost its facilities for the staff, but
retained its standing as a major terminus.
Ticketing
anomalies
Different zonal fare systems are used for Metro single tickets
and inter-modal Transfare tickets, which means that for a
number of journeys a Transfare may actually be cheaper than a
standard Metro-only ticket.
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Coordinates: 54°59′23″N 1°31′56″W / 54.9897°N
1.5323°W / 54.9897;
-1.5323
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