Gateshead International Stadium - Transport

Transport

Gateshead International Stadium is 2 miles (3 km) east of Gateshead Town Centre and is on the A184 Felling Bypass, with access to a car park at Neilson Road. Journey time by car from Gateshead town centre is approximately five minutes and a further five minutes travel from Newcastle upon Tyne. A footpath runs adjacent to the Felling bypass and the journey by foot from Gateshead town centre takes some fifteen minutes. A journey east to Heworth Interchange also takes around fifteen minutes. Two designated cycle routes run passed the stadium. These are Hadrian's Way, which provides access from Tynemouth in the east and Wylam in the west, and the Keelman's Way which runs along the south bank of the River Tyne towards Blaydon-on-Tyne.

The stadium is well served by public transport. It has its own Tyne and Wear Metro station; the Gateshead Stadium Metro station. This is at Shelley Drive, some five-minutes walk from the ground. Trains run direct from this station to all other Metro destinations, with trains towards South Shields and South Hylton stopping at platform one whilst trains travelling towards St James and Airport stopping at platform two. Gateshead Stadium metro station is open seven days a week and at peak times seventeen trains per hour stop at Gateshead Stadium metro station. The nearest mainline railway station is Newcastle Central Station, around 3 miles (5 km) away, though local rail travel calls at Heworth Interchange. Go North East operate the 93/4 "Loop" bus service, which provides access to the stadium from the Team Valley, Gateshead Interchange, Heworth Interchange and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Sheriff Hill. This bus runs every fifteen minutes during the day and every half hour during evenings. The nearest airport is Newcastle International Airport and this is approximately 7 miles (11 km) away to the north.