The Metro station is located at the site of the former
Kenton Bank station, which opened on 1 June 1905 as part of the
Gosforth and Ponteland Light Railway. The line closed to passengers on 17 June 1929, with goods services operating from the station until January 1966. The line through the station however remained open to serve the explosives depot at
ICI Callerton, situated between and stations, where explosives were transferred from rail to road for onward transport to quarries in Northumberland. The Metro station opened on 10 May 1981. At the same time, the single-track bridge to the east of the station was re-built as double track, with Bank Foot station re-modelled as a double track station. A second platform was built on the north side (now used for trains towards
South Hylton). The level crossing was also re-built in the same style as the other open level crossings on the system. Following the opening of the line between Bank Foot and
Airport on 17 November 1991, the station opened to through services. In October 2012,
traffic enforcement cameras were installed at the level crossings at Bank Foot and
Kingston Park. Similar cameras were installed at
Callerton Parkway in 2008. The station was used by 0.11 million passengers in 2017–18, making it the third-least-used station on the network, after
St Peter's and
Pallion. In 2018, the station, along with others on the
Airport branch, were refurbished as part of the
Metro: All Change programme. The project saw improvements to accessibility, security and energy efficiency, as well as the re-branding of the station to the new black and white corporate colour scheme. == Facilities ==