The Great North Run returns to its traditional route on Sunday 11th September and to help move participants and spectators to and from the event, Nexus have confirmed that there will be extra services throughout the day on the Tyne and Wear Metro.
As part of the plan for the event, anyone travelling to or from the run is strongly advised to purchase their tickets in advance and to leave extra time for traveling as trains are expected to be very busy. There will be crowd control in place at some stations whilst others will be closed/changed to exit or entry only.
Station changes are:
- Haymarket – no entry into the station (exit only) between 0800 and 1040. All passengers advised to use Jesmond instead.
- Jesmond – closed from 1040 to early afternoon. Passengers advised to use Haymarket instead.
- Manors – closed from 1040 until early afternoon. Passengers advised to use Haymarket instead.
- Chichester – closed from 1300 until early evening. Passengers advised to use South Shields instead.
Huw Lewis, Customer Services Director at Nexus, said: “We are really looking forward to welcoming many thousands of runners and spectators on Metro for this year’s Great North Run, which returns to its traditional finish in South Shields. We will have extra trains running all day to help people get to the start and then get home afterwards. Customers are advised to allow plenty of time to travel, and expect queues at stations. There will be queue management in place at South Shields after the race as we look to get everyone home as quickly as we can. The Great North Run is our busiest Sunday of the year. We will carry in the region 100,000 customers across the day. Extra trains and extra staff are all deployed to ensure everything runs smoothly. It’s fantastic day for North East England, getting global attention and raising millions of pounds for charity. We are proud that Metro and the Shields Ferry have such an important role to play.”