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Metro track closure will affect services to airport
The Journal
|May 08, 2025
METRO passengers are being warned of an upcoming track closure which will affect trains for Newcastle Airport.
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No trains will be running between Regent Centre and the airport for four days to allow for level crossing renewal works to be carried out at Callerton Parkway and Bank Foot level crossings. The modernisation work will include road surfacing on the crossings and the installation of new track ballast.
The planned closure will take place from Thursday, May 29 to Sunday, June 1, with the affected set to re-open to Metro services on Monday, June 2.
This story is from the May 08, 2025 edition of The Journal.
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