Paul ツ
@lf-p.bsky.social
Interested in Architecture, Cities, Public Realm & Urban Transport. Specialist in none of the above. | All views are my own.
Newcastle Gateshead, UK.
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Newcastle Gateshead, UK.
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Paul ツ
@lf-p.bsky.social
· May 25
May version. 🚇🚆
Tidied up the Tyne Valley line stations, and removed the ‘check for opening date’ asterisk from Newsham.
Tidied up the Tyne Valley line stations, and removed the ‘check for opening date’ asterisk from Newsham.
blocwork & Platform4 prepare proposals for Forth Goods Yard, a parcel of land owned by Network Rail between Pottery Lane & Central Station, transforming it into a mixed-use neighbourhood, station MSCP, & highline park - a new western gateway for Newcastle:
forthgoodsyard.co.uk
forthgoodsyard.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM
blocwork & Platform4 prepare proposals for Forth Goods Yard, a parcel of land owned by Network Rail between Pottery Lane & Central Station, transforming it into a mixed-use neighbourhood, station MSCP, & highline park - a new western gateway for Newcastle:
forthgoodsyard.co.uk
forthgoodsyard.co.uk
I did think, surely this sculpture of the Tyne Bridge could be better appreciated if placed in one of the city’s public parks or green spaces, rather than on a busy motorway style roundabout. Or is this siting to reduce the chance of vandalism?
November 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I did think, surely this sculpture of the Tyne Bridge could be better appreciated if placed in one of the city’s public parks or green spaces, rather than on a busy motorway style roundabout. Or is this siting to reduce the chance of vandalism?
1 month to go. ⏰
Will Pop PAYG card readers be installed at Dunston and Metrocentre stations ahead of the December timetable change, which sees Northumberland Line services (which accept Pop PAYG) being extended to Metrocentre on Sundays?
If not it’s going to complicate Pop use further.
If not it’s going to complicate Pop use further.
November 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
1 month to go. ⏰
Interesting stuff at tonight’s Newcastle Climate Change Forum hosted by Nexus, at The Spark.
November 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Interesting stuff at tonight’s Newcastle Climate Change Forum hosted by Nexus, at The Spark.
The finishing touches and surrounding paving are nearing completion at Hotel Gotham, Newcastle, which opens later this month.
Its Fire bar features replica ‘Fire Station’ signage as a nod to the building’s past.
Its Fire bar features replica ‘Fire Station’ signage as a nod to the building’s past.
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The finishing touches and surrounding paving are nearing completion at Hotel Gotham, Newcastle, which opens later this month.
Its Fire bar features replica ‘Fire Station’ signage as a nod to the building’s past.
Its Fire bar features replica ‘Fire Station’ signage as a nod to the building’s past.
Some of the Grainger Market entryways & exits have had their new tiling installed which feature improved way finding.
October 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Some of the Grainger Market entryways & exits have had their new tiling installed which feature improved way finding.
October 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The Mailings and Lower Steenbergs Yard, Ouseburn.
#Newcastle.
#Newcastle.
October 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The Mailings and Lower Steenbergs Yard, Ouseburn.
#Newcastle.
#Newcastle.
‘Stepney Western’ at Byker Station, created by local filmmaker Harry Lawson.
The mural re-imagines the past & present of East Newcastle through its Western-inspired design.
www.nexus.org.uk/news/item/we...
The mural re-imagines the past & present of East Newcastle through its Western-inspired design.
www.nexus.org.uk/news/item/we...
October 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
‘Stepney Western’ at Byker Station, created by local filmmaker Harry Lawson.
The mural re-imagines the past & present of East Newcastle through its Western-inspired design.
www.nexus.org.uk/news/item/we...
The mural re-imagines the past & present of East Newcastle through its Western-inspired design.
www.nexus.org.uk/news/item/we...
It’s always when I’m climbing Stepney Bank, having eaten too many delicious things in the Ouseburn, that I really wish this imagining of an Ouseburn Metro Station* had been realised. 😅
*By Miller Partnership Architects:
www.millerpartnershiparchitects.co.uk/portfolio_pa...
*By Miller Partnership Architects:
www.millerpartnershiparchitects.co.uk/portfolio_pa...
October 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
It’s always when I’m climbing Stepney Bank, having eaten too many delicious things in the Ouseburn, that I really wish this imagining of an Ouseburn Metro Station* had been realised. 😅
*By Miller Partnership Architects:
www.millerpartnershiparchitects.co.uk/portfolio_pa...
*By Miller Partnership Architects:
www.millerpartnershiparchitects.co.uk/portfolio_pa...
The city prepares for Christmas.
(The Gate has their decs up & turned on already. Mid Oct!)
(The Gate has their decs up & turned on already. Mid Oct!)
October 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The city prepares for Christmas.
(The Gate has their decs up & turned on already. Mid Oct!)
(The Gate has their decs up & turned on already. Mid Oct!)
Almost 17000 government staff who are relocating to Newcastle City Centre have been asked for their views on their travel plans.
DWP in Longbenton & HMRC at Longbenton & Washington will relocate to Pilgrim Place & Pilgrim’s Quarter by 2027.
🚶🏻🚴🏾♀️🚇🚊🚍🚖🚘
www.nexus.org.uk/news/item/ne...
DWP in Longbenton & HMRC at Longbenton & Washington will relocate to Pilgrim Place & Pilgrim’s Quarter by 2027.
🚶🏻🚴🏾♀️🚇🚊🚍🚖🚘
www.nexus.org.uk/news/item/ne...
October 14, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Almost 17000 government staff who are relocating to Newcastle City Centre have been asked for their views on their travel plans.
DWP in Longbenton & HMRC at Longbenton & Washington will relocate to Pilgrim Place & Pilgrim’s Quarter by 2027.
🚶🏻🚴🏾♀️🚇🚊🚍🚖🚘
www.nexus.org.uk/news/item/ne...
DWP in Longbenton & HMRC at Longbenton & Washington will relocate to Pilgrim Place & Pilgrim’s Quarter by 2027.
🚶🏻🚴🏾♀️🚇🚊🚍🚖🚘
www.nexus.org.uk/news/item/ne...
Nice to meet you in person yesterday, @longbranchmike.bsky.social and thanks for the @lonrec.bsky.social sticker!
October 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Nice to meet you in person yesterday, @longbranchmike.bsky.social and thanks for the @lonrec.bsky.social sticker!
I do like how the proposed redevelopment of Percy House will create a new wide pedestrian thoroughfare between Strawberry Lane & Percy Street. Especially handy during events & match days.
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
October 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I do like how the proposed redevelopment of Percy House will create a new wide pedestrian thoroughfare between Strawberry Lane & Percy Street. Especially handy during events & match days.
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
Well it’s going to be fun trying to get off this.
Single-doored buses are awful on busy routes.
Single-doored buses are awful on busy routes.
September 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Well it’s going to be fun trying to get off this.
Single-doored buses are awful on busy routes.
Single-doored buses are awful on busy routes.
Behind the scenes insight at Stadler’s £70m Gosforth Depot in Newcastle, and the new Tyne & Wear Metro trains, by ‘Green Signals’:
youtu.be/wDU7mj7Kc9I?...
youtu.be/wDU7mj7Kc9I?...
NEW Tyne and Wear Metro Class 555s - Inside Stadler's £70m depot
YouTube video by Green Signals
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September 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Behind the scenes insight at Stadler’s £70m Gosforth Depot in Newcastle, and the new Tyne & Wear Metro trains, by ‘Green Signals’:
youtu.be/wDU7mj7Kc9I?...
youtu.be/wDU7mj7Kc9I?...
A new gable end wall mural in the making, at St Mary’s Place/John Dobson Street, Newcastle.
September 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A new gable end wall mural in the making, at St Mary’s Place/John Dobson Street, Newcastle.
An Urban Arrow!
1 of 3 cargo bikes we’ve spotted here this morning.
Heaton is cool. Heaton’s where it’s at.
1 of 3 cargo bikes we’ve spotted here this morning.
Heaton is cool. Heaton’s where it’s at.
September 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
An Urban Arrow!
1 of 3 cargo bikes we’ve spotted here this morning.
Heaton is cool. Heaton’s where it’s at.
1 of 3 cargo bikes we’ve spotted here this morning.
Heaton is cool. Heaton’s where it’s at.
Will Pop PAYG card readers be installed at Dunston and Metrocentre stations ahead of the December timetable change, which sees Northumberland Line services (which accept Pop PAYG) being extended to Metrocentre on Sundays?
If not it’s going to complicate Pop use further.
If not it’s going to complicate Pop use further.
September 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Will Pop PAYG card readers be installed at Dunston and Metrocentre stations ahead of the December timetable change, which sees Northumberland Line services (which accept Pop PAYG) being extended to Metrocentre on Sundays?
If not it’s going to complicate Pop use further.
If not it’s going to complicate Pop use further.
This episode of ‘Station Secrets: The hidden history of Newcastle Central’ gives great insights to the Tyneside Electrics’ suburban platforms, the infamous GPO tunnel which remains beneath the station, signal boxes, deep level Metro construction, & more:
youtu.be/T5_zDi6md6Y?...
youtu.be/T5_zDi6md6Y?...
August 31, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This episode of ‘Station Secrets: The hidden history of Newcastle Central’ gives great insights to the Tyneside Electrics’ suburban platforms, the infamous GPO tunnel which remains beneath the station, signal boxes, deep level Metro construction, & more:
youtu.be/T5_zDi6md6Y?...
youtu.be/T5_zDi6md6Y?...
I’ve come back from Copenhagen like I did from Amsterdam in Dec, feeling peeved we don’t have the same enabling infrastructure & mindset here.
Bike lanes are standard on most of their streets for kids to travel safely & independently to school or people to work.
SO MANY cargo bikes, allowing... 1/2
Bike lanes are standard on most of their streets for kids to travel safely & independently to school or people to work.
SO MANY cargo bikes, allowing... 1/2
August 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I’ve come back from Copenhagen like I did from Amsterdam in Dec, feeling peeved we don’t have the same enabling infrastructure & mindset here.
Bike lanes are standard on most of their streets for kids to travel safely & independently to school or people to work.
SO MANY cargo bikes, allowing... 1/2
Bike lanes are standard on most of their streets for kids to travel safely & independently to school or people to work.
SO MANY cargo bikes, allowing... 1/2
Apparently we’re on the ‘MASTER’ line, calling at Fawdon 2, Kingston Park 2, and Bank Foot 2…
Earlier we called at “West Jesmon”, (no ‘d’).
9 months on & these simple things still haven’t been sorted.
Where’s the attention to detail?
Does anyone care?
Also, it’s too warm! 😓
Earlier we called at “West Jesmon”, (no ‘d’).
9 months on & these simple things still haven’t been sorted.
Where’s the attention to detail?
Does anyone care?
Also, it’s too warm! 😓
August 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Apparently we’re on the ‘MASTER’ line, calling at Fawdon 2, Kingston Park 2, and Bank Foot 2…
Earlier we called at “West Jesmon”, (no ‘d’).
9 months on & these simple things still haven’t been sorted.
Where’s the attention to detail?
Does anyone care?
Also, it’s too warm! 😓
Earlier we called at “West Jesmon”, (no ‘d’).
9 months on & these simple things still haven’t been sorted.
Where’s the attention to detail?
Does anyone care?
Also, it’s too warm! 😓
Great news fundings been approved to prepare Forth Yards for development.
A tram or Metro line along the Scotswood alignment would REALLY attract development, plus the residents & businesses to occupy it.
All of Scotswood Rd & beyond could become attractive, & MetroGreen if bridged to Metrocentre!
A tram or Metro line along the Scotswood alignment would REALLY attract development, plus the residents & businesses to occupy it.
All of Scotswood Rd & beyond could become attractive, & MetroGreen if bridged to Metrocentre!
August 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Great news fundings been approved to prepare Forth Yards for development.
A tram or Metro line along the Scotswood alignment would REALLY attract development, plus the residents & businesses to occupy it.
All of Scotswood Rd & beyond could become attractive, & MetroGreen if bridged to Metrocentre!
A tram or Metro line along the Scotswood alignment would REALLY attract development, plus the residents & businesses to occupy it.
All of Scotswood Rd & beyond could become attractive, & MetroGreen if bridged to Metrocentre!
Interesting. Due to a signal issue, the Northumberland Line is part-suspended between Benton Junc. & Bedlington.
Trains are running from Ashington to Bedlington (not yet opened), then reversing & using the “Northumberland Coast Loop” to reach Manors & Newcastle via Morpeth.
Trains are running from Ashington to Bedlington (not yet opened), then reversing & using the “Northumberland Coast Loop” to reach Manors & Newcastle via Morpeth.
August 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Interesting. Due to a signal issue, the Northumberland Line is part-suspended between Benton Junc. & Bedlington.
Trains are running from Ashington to Bedlington (not yet opened), then reversing & using the “Northumberland Coast Loop” to reach Manors & Newcastle via Morpeth.
Trains are running from Ashington to Bedlington (not yet opened), then reversing & using the “Northumberland Coast Loop” to reach Manors & Newcastle via Morpeth.