Getting from Newcastle International Airport to the city

The Metro

• Newcastle is one of the few British airports with a metro at the terminal, rather than a shuttle to a station.
• Twenty five minutes to the three city centre stops, Haymarket, Monument and Central Station.
• Trains run through the day, roughly every 12 minutes on weekdays and Saturdays and every 15 in the evenings and on Sundays.

What it costs

The airport used to be the expensive end of the Metro, because the fare was zonal and the airport is three zones out. That ended on 1 April 2026, when the North East Mayor's Fares came in.

• 2.50 GBP is the most an adult single can cost, no matter how many zones you cross, paying with Pop Pay As You Go.
• 5.00 GBP is the daily cap on the same card.
• 1.00 GBP for anyone up to 21, frozen until 2027.
• Shorter hops cost less than the cap.

The catch is the payment method. The cap applies to Pop PAYG, not to paper tickets from the machine, and Nexus puts the difference at 1.00 to 2.60 GBP a ticket. Buying a paper single at the airport is the most expensive way to make this journey.

Beyond Newcastle

• Sunderland is on the same line, 55 to 60 minutes from the airport with no change, and the fare is still capped at 2.50 GBP.
• Central Station is the connection for the East Coast Main Line, which puts Edinburgh and London within a single onward ticket.