{{Short description|Tyne and Wear Metro station in Newcastle upon Tyne}} {{about|the Tyne and Wear Metro station|the National Rail station of the same name|Manors railway station}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}} {{Use British English|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox station | name = Manors | symbol_location = newcastle | symbol = yes | style = Tyne and Wear Metro | type = Tyne and Wear Metro station | image = Manors Metro Station (geograph 2168446).jpg | address = Shieldfield, Newcastle upon Tyne | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|54.9739696|-1.6049937|format=dms|type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}} | map_type = United Kingdom Newcastle-upon-Tyne#Tyne and Wear | map_caption = Location in City of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear##Location in Tyne and Wear, England | grid_name = Grid reference | grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|NZ253644|25|NZ253644}} | other = | transit_authority = Tyne and Wear PTE | platform = 2 | tracks = 2 | zone = A | bicycle = 5 cycle pods | accessible = Step-free access to platform | original = Tyne and Wear Metro | years = 14 November 1982 | events = Opened | passengers = 0.388 million <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/passenger_numbers_8#incoming-3321750 |title=Tyne & Wear Metro usage figures |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2025–26 |access-date=25 April 2026}}</ref> | pass_year = 2024/25 | code = MAN | services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Tyne and Wear Metro |line1=yellow|left1=Byker|to-left=South Shields via Whitley Bay|right1=Monument|to-right1=St James }} }} '''Manors''' is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the Shieldfield area in Newcastle upon Tyne. It joined the network on 14 November 1982, following the opening of the fourth phase of the network, between Tynemouth and St James via Wallsend. The station is located near to Manors National Rail station, which is on the East Coast Main Line. However, the stations are not directly connected.
==History== The station was purpose-built for the network and opened on 14 November 1982.
Heading east from Manors, the route surfaces alongside the East Coast Main Line, before crossing the {{convert|815|m|ft|abbr=on}} Byker Viaduct over the Ouseburn Valley, towards Byker. The S-shaped viaduct was constructed for the Tyne and Wear Metro by Ove Arup, with work commencing in 1976, and completed in 1979.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Smyth|first=W.|date=December 1977|title=Byker Viaduct|url=https://www.arup.com/-/media/arup/files/publications/t/the_arup_journal_issue_4_1977_comp.pdf|journal=The Arup Journal|volume=12|issue=4|pages=24–27|archive-date=22 March 2020|access-date=22 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322235600/https://www.arup.com/-/media/arup/files/publications/t/the_arup_journal_issue_4_1977_comp.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/history/bridging-gap-byker-how-metro-12651118|title=Bridging the gap at Byker: How Metro, road and rail crosses the Ouseburn Valley|last=Morton|first=David|date=2017-02-24|website=ChronicleLive|access-date=2020-03-22}}</ref>
The former North Eastern Railway route between Manors and Jesmond is connected by a link tunnel, located to the west of the station. It is used only by trains running out of public service, allowing them to terminate at Manors, and then return to the depot at South Gosforth (and vice versa), without having to travel around the North Tyneside Loop.
== Facilities == Step-free access is available at all stations across the Tyne and Wear Metro network, with two lifts providing step-free access to platforms at Manors. As part of the ''Metro: All Change'' programme, new lifts were installed at Manors in 2014,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Passenger lifts at Jesmond and Manors Metro stations are to be replaced|url=https://www.nexus.org.uk/news/item/passenger-lifts-jesmond-and-manors-metro-stations-are-be-replaced|date=17 June 2014|website=Nexus|language=en|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> with new escalators installed in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New escalators for Heworth and Gateshead|url=https://www.nexus.org.uk/news/item/new-escalators-heworth-and-gateshead|date=18 March 2015|website=Nexus|language=en|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> The station is equipped with ticket machines, seating, next train information displays, timetable posters, and an emergency help point on both platforms. Ticket machines are able to accept payment with credit and debit card (including contactless payment), notes and coins.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web|title=Metro passengers feel the benefit of contactless payment|url=https://www.nexus.org.uk/news/item/metro-passengers-feel-benefit-contactless-payment|date=13 January 2014|website=Nexus|language=en|access-date=24 May 2020}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite news|date=2011-12-11|title=Revamp for Metro ticket machines|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-16126081|access-date=24 May 2020}}</ref> The station is fitted with automatic ticket barriers, which were installed at 13 stations across the network during the early 2010s, as well as smartcard validators, which feature at all stations.<ref name=":132">{{Cite web|title=City Metro stations get new smart ticket machines and gates|url=https://www.nexus.org.uk/news/item/city-metro-stations-get-new-smart-ticket-machines-and-gates|date=22 October 2012|website=Nexus|language=en|access-date=24 May 2020}}</ref><ref name=":142">{{Cite web|title=Pop card validators at Metro stations are put through their paces|url=https://www.nexus.org.uk/news/item/pop-card-validators-metro-stations-are-put-through-their-paces|date=21 March 2013|website=Nexus|language=en|access-date=24 May 2020}}</ref>
There is no dedicated parking at the station, however there are nearby pay and display car parks, operated by Newcastle City Council. There is the provision for cycle parking, with five cycle pods available for use.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|title=Timetables and stations: Manors|url=https://www.nexus.org.uk/metro/timetables-and-stations/manors|website=Nexus|language=en|access-date=24 May 2020}}</ref>
== Services == {{As of|2021|April}}, the station is served by up to five trains per hour on weekdays and Saturday, and up to four trains per hour during the evening and on Sunday.<ref name=":03">{{Cite web|title=Timetables and stations: Manors|url=https://www.nexus.org.uk/metro/timetables-and-stations/manors|access-date=30 March 2021|website=Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive|language=en}}</ref>
==Art== An abstract mural, ''Magic City'' by British artist Basil Beattie, was commissioned in 1987, and can be seen on the station concourse.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.nexus.org.uk/art-transport/commissions/magic-city-basil-beattie | title = 'Magic City' by Basil Beattie | publisher = Nexus | access-date = 22 November 2022}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{commons-inline}} * [https://www.nexus.org.uk/metro/timetables-and-stations/manors Timetable and station information] for Manors
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