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Newcastle Airport

Getting between Newcastle Airport and Newcastle upon Tyne, both directions.

The Metro runs into the airport itself. Airport station serves the single terminal directly, about 25 minutes from the city centre, so there is no shuttle to find and no separate airport fare to buy — an ordinary Metro ticket is the ticket. Pay with a Pop card, or buy a paper one from the machine.

Newcastle Airport ↔ Newcastle upon Tyne

The best ways into Newcastle upon Tyne

Public transport

  1. Tyne and Wear Metro Fastest by public transport
    Costs
    £2.50
    Takes
    About 25 minutes to the centre
    Pay
    Pay by Pop or paper ticket.
  2. 787
    Costs
    £2.50
    Pay
    Pay by paper ticket or app ticket.
  3. X77/X78/X79
    Costs
    £2.50
    Pay
    Pay by paper ticket or app ticket.

Taxis and ride apps

  1. Arrow Cars arrowtaxisnewcastle.co.uk
    Pay
    Pay by cash.
    Get one
    Book it by phone or in the app. The pickup point is below.
    Pickup
    Exclusive pick-up and drop-off points immediately outside arrivals/departures.
  2. Uber uber.com
    Takes
    About 14 minutes to the centre
    Pay
    Pay by in-app payment or cash.
    Get one
    Book it in the app. The pickup point is below.
    Pickup
    Not at a fixed point: the app shows where to meet the driver once you book.
  3. Bolt bolt.eu
    Pay
    Pay by in-app payment.
    Get one
    Book it in the app. The pickup point is below.
    Pickup
    Not at a fixed point: the app shows where to meet the driver once you book.

Every way in and out, in full

Metro 1

Tyne and Wear Metro travelnortheast.uk ~25 min
How you pay
Pay by Pop or paper ticket.
Terminals
Sole terminal - Airport Metro station serves the airport's single terminal directly
Worth knowing
Under 'The Mayor's Fares' (live from 1 April 2026), adult single Metro journeys on Pop PAYG are capped at a maximum of £2.50 regardless of zones travelled, and Pop PAYG day tickets are capped at a maximum of £5.00 - stated to apply on the Tyne and Wear Metro and on the Northumberland Line.
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Bus & coach 2

787 gonortheast.co.uk
How you pay
Pay by paper ticket or app ticket.
Terminals
Sole terminal - bus stop located opposite the Airport terminal
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X77/X78/X79 stagecoachbus.com
How you pay
Pay by paper ticket or app ticket.
Terminals
Sole terminal - bus stop located on the B6918 (not immediately opposite the terminal, unlike the 787 and 777 stops)
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Taxi & ride apps 3

Arrow Cars arrowtaxisnewcastle.co.uk
How you pay
Pay by cash. Major credit cards accepted (per the airport's own page); pre-paid, fixed all-inclusive fare.
How you get one
Book it by phone or in the app. The pickup point is below.
Where to get one
Exclusive pick-up and drop-off points immediately outside arrivals/departures.
Terminals
Sole terminal - Arrow Cars' pick up & drop off points sit immediately outside of arrivals / departures, with its booking office in the arrivals hall; the airport's own By Taxi page names only one arrivals/departures area, with no terminal number or letter.
Worth knowing
All Arrow Cars fares are fixed and all-inclusive with no additional airport supplements, per both the airport's own page (is the price you pay!) and Arrow Cars own airport-transfers page.
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Uber uber.com ~14 min
How you pay
Pay by in-app payment or cash.
How you get one
Book it in the app. The pickup point is below.
Where to get one
Not at a fixed point: the app shows where to meet the driver once you book.
Terminals
Airport address given as; the page states pickup locations may vary by terminal as generic boilerplate but does not name any specific terminal(s) for NCL - consistent with the single-terminal characterisation found elsewhere on the airport's own site.
Worth knowing
Uber's NCL taxi page states outright that Uber's in-app Taxi product is not offered at this airport - only standard rideshare classes (UberX, UberXL) are available.
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Bolt bolt.eu
How you pay
Pay by in-app payment.
How you get one
Book it in the app. The pickup point is below.
Where to get one
Not at a fixed point: the app shows where to meet the driver once you book.
Terminals
Single terminal building - Bolt's own page: Also: All gates at Newcastle Airport are accessible on foot.
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