The Architecture of The Tyne and Wear Metro
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This video takes a look at the history of Tyne and Wear Metro's architecture understanding where it came from and where its heading too.
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I grew up in Newcastle when the Metro was being constructed. It was built as part of an integrated transport system (like London has) where buses went to the interchange stations (Regents Centre, Four Lane Ends and Gateshead) where you could then take the final part of your journey into Newcastle on the Metro with a Transfare ticket. This meant that there were fewer buses and therefore less congestion towards the city centre. Unfortunately, bus deregulation destroyed this, and led to old and polluting buses clogging up the roads from the mid 80s onwards. TWPTE was ahead of its time!
Mate thank you for making these videos. I grew up in Newcastle and went to Newcastle Uni to study Urban Planning, I live in Hong Kong now and get such a buzz over seeing your videos and the work you put in to do real deep dives into the area. Top top work!
thanks Jake!
â@@JordanReeve didn't Jimmy nail chase someone through the metro station. In the TV show spender,
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Iâve always loved the design of the original metro stations. They always felt modern and clean when compared to the London or Glasgow undergroundâs the distinctive Calvert font and the Cream and yellow panels just worked so well together. Same goes for the actual trains.. the original color scheme was so clean and modernâŚthen they started messing with that tooâŚred, green and blue trains..the blackface trainsâŚ. Have to admit though the new class 555 units do look great!
I miss the old Haymarket. It felt Holdenesque, suitably so considering at platform level the design was based on London Underground as well (as the template station for the rest of the system, which ended up not being followed)
When i was living up in Newcastle a few years ago i went to a talk at the Tyneside Cinema about the future of the metro. There was a lot of talk about the 'new' Metro Kit, as seen at platform level at Haymarket and a few others. The plan is to roll this out across the entire network, I'm not sure of their current progress, but i see Monument still hasn't been updated. The new design language is, in my opinion, a good refresh that maintains the character of the original branding. As others have said, for the buildings, i suspect money and the need for supplementary revenue streams now dictates their form. I agree that the best examples should be listed, as some of the older coatal stations are, but some, despite their strict adherance to the original design codes, now feel like you're on the set of a clockwork orange. They can feel hostile later at night. Replacing them with more functional buildings that better integrate with their surroundings or plans for their surroundings may not be the worst thing. That said, the new Haymarket building looked shite from day one. Anyway, really enjoyed the video, keep it up
I remember when Haymarket had a different floor tile to the other big underground stations at Gateshead and Monument and that in itself seemed weird. I do like the layout and internal structure/scheme to be as uniform as possible, it does give a sense of place and a sort of automatic sense of knowing where you're going. The rather grand coastal stations sort of achieve the same thing, in that they say "I'm going to the seaside".
One other thing to add about the big old white panels - yes, they're great in that if one is damaged you can replace it, but they're also an excellent way of hiding cleaning cupboards, ducting for cables, etc. They're part of a functional aesthetic that fitted well for its era and which had the advantage that staff from anywhere on the network had a single means of getting in and fixing what needed fixing. That's obviously much simpler than having different designs for different stations.
Love this!
are you the official channel?
Chillingham Road is grim. I hated using it. Was generally quicker to get the bus into to town and jump on the Metro at Haymarket or Monument , as I needed to get the Metro to Sunderland anyway.
I saw a dead body outside Chillingham Road metro once as well.
7:12 Love the idea of a train to Whitley Bay not calling at Whitley Bay.
The fact that they are new stations are often multi use and not entirely paid for by metro is the reason they don't have that same design. The lack of joined bus and light rail planning it not being a single company for the north east. The old Newcastle busways were also yellow and white so the theme made sense, now the buses are all different with at least 4 separate providers. Maybe if Jamie Driscoll becomes NE Mayor he may start to restore that identity of a single network transport system
I agree with a lot of this. In particular Haymarket, the new building doesn't look like an improvement over the old one. I guess it could be considered (on a very small scale) Newcastle's equivalent of New York's Penn Station, which was demolished back in 1963 to be replaced with a multi-use development and a station that was a series of ratholes.
Would have been interesting to see what Four Lane Ends looked like when Metro was brand new.
Love these videos. Amazing work
thanks!
A very Newcastle Based Channel Indeed! Local Authorities should be very proud of your brilliant work sharing very interest content and paying even more respect to the almost lost Tyne And Wear Metro identity than Transports Executive itself. Congratulations, simply enjoyed this video and im am sure remaining content will impress me. Hope to get the last days of Old Metrocars soon.
Brilliant video as always Jordan mate
thank you!
Another great video Jordan. I've wanted to see a photo of the shop at Byker Metro Station for ages, and it's here in achieve video form. It must have been closed for nearly 30 years that place.
Thanks again Christopher!
I wish theyâd put Jordan Reeve in charge of the council đ
Really enjoy your videos! Just found your channel and can't wait for more vids like this!
I'm a big fan of the Tyne and Wear Metro system and this was a really informative video.
Excellent and informative as ever!!!
Your videos are honestly exceptional, really wish you could do other cities around the north
Iâm planning on doing more on the north in the future. Anywhere / anything in particular you think would be interesting?
@@JordanReeve manchester or leeds peak my interest with their urban motorways and arterioles, as well as the underground that never came to be in leeds
great video
thanks!
I quite agree, and the discordant stations should be reintegrated into the standard palette. Haymarket was timelessly modern, the new station is an eyesore. The original design book had a pleasant "homely" feel about it, this should be retained. The original rolling stock livery (white over yellow) was also far pleasanter and easier on the eye than the current rather threatening livery.
Well said on both. Haymarket now must require so much artificial lighting in the daytime, where the old "hockey puck" building was glass the whole way around. The new thing looks as unsightly as the platform level, which resembles an ugly Underground LRT station.
I massively miss the days where all the transportation was white over yellow with a line blue dividing line. Privatisation did for all that
@@andrewphippsphillips1455 I grew up really appreciating public transport provision which everybody except Thatcher ideologues appreciated and enjoyed (Network SE, T&W Metro, etc.). Now, everybody has to argue about everything. This is not good, and also for mental health not good. Then it was no discussion, now there's a cacophony of useless babble and megastress. If local authorities are elected, there should be no interference from Westminster ideologues, only support for the locally and democratically elected assembly. That is "subsidiarity" in action. But Westminster ideologues of all colours do not understand local democracy, so we get such top down imposed nonsense as Haymarket T&W.
Four Lane Ends and Gateshead were both rebuilt, they looked nowhere near as nice as they do now,i prefered the original Haymarket, dont like the new one, and its knackered escalators
Haymarket entrances are far too dark and claustrophobic. The original one was bright and with all the smoked glass, more natural light was able to spill in đ˘
Whenever we visited the city from either W.Monksteaton or Monkseaton, while staying to visit family. We often preferred to use Haymarket because the bright, pleasant feeling as you came up to the surface. It also had Northumberland St nearby, Hancock Museum and my cousin & I would walk to there after a United game, as it would have less fans use it than at St James.