Newcastle Transport, Miscellaneous links
from Newcastle upon Tyne

ABOVE: Newcastle Lad is a drawing by the Dutch artist Hans Rijpma.

Reaching Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle International Airport
Tyneside's official airport site has flight times, a terminal map, ground transportation info, and more. (You can take a metro train from the airport to Newcastle Central for rail connections to Durham, York, Leeds, and other cities.)

National Rail Enquiries
Use this journey planner for British train trips.

Port of Tyne
You'll use the International Ferry Terminal at the Royal Quays if you're traveling to or from Scandinavia by ferry.

DFDS Seaways (UK)
This Danish company runs an overnight ferry service betwen Newcastle and Amsterdam.

Local transportation

NEXUS
The Tyne and Wear transportation network can help you get around the region by Metro, bus, rail, or ferry. (Also see the Metro Map at the BBC Web site.)

Subway Navigator
Look up Tyneside, then plan a journey on the Metro and P.T.E. ferries with the default e-form, the stations list, or an interactive map.

Other transport information

November Tango
This aviation enthusiasts' site has information on traffic movements at Newcastle Airport, a local aviation photo gallery, and other information.

Beer/ale

Newcastle Brown
Although Geordies are fanatical about their "broon ale," I find it a little bland. (But don't tell them I said so.)

Language

English to Geordie Translator
When you've had your fill of turning the Queen's English into Newcastle dialect with the e-form, you can say "Eeeh man, ahm gannin te the booza."

Alliance Française de Newcastle upon Tyne
And you thought the Queen's English was the only foreign language spoken on Tyneside.

Football (soccer)

Newcastle United Football Club
Don't show up in a rival club's colors, or you could end up black and blue. (If' you're turned off by the overwhelming commercialism of NUFC's official site, visit NUFC.com, a site produced by fans that has been "proud, unofficial and free since 1993.")

Cultural icon

Andy Capp
Since 1952, this comic strip by Hartlepool cartoonist Reg Smythe has been lampooning working-class attitudes and behavior in England's North East.

Geordie newsgroup

uk.local.geordie
Meet the natives, ask about local pubs, and pick up snippets of the local dialect. (If this link doesn't work with your newsreader, view Google Groups: local.geordie in your Web browser.)

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