Kingston Park Metro station serves the Kingston Park suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, England and a retail park some 6 km (3.7 mi) north of the city centre.
The suburb was largely built in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and its Metro station was not part of the original system, because the area did not have the required population density when the Tyne & Wear Metro was first planned. The station opened in 1985, more than four years after Metro had commenced services on the route passing through Kingston Park.
The adjacent retail park includes a Tesco Extra store, currently the largest supermarket in Britain. The station signage features prominent Tesco-sponsored branding.
The station is located where the Metro route crosses Brunton Lane on an automatic open level crossing, the station platforms are located on opposite sides of the road and have no direct link. One needs to walk over the crossing and across a small section of street to reach the other platform.
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