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Metro Green line to MonumentorWelcome Pickups private transfer to the city centre?

The short answer

For one traveler the Metro Green line to Monument is cheaper by £56.90. That does not change up to 8 travelers.

The Welcome Pickups private transfer to the city centre is quicker: 21 min against 23 min. The Metro Green line to Monument varies between 23 and 24 minutes.

Metro Green line to Monument: 05:38–23:07. Welcome Pickups private transfer to the city centre: Runs all night.

Priced against each other

Whole-party totals · adult fares
What each costs for the whole party, in GBP. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
TravelersMetro Green line to MonumentWelcome Pickups private transfer to the city centreDifference
1£5.10£62£56.90
2£10.20£62£51.80
3£15.30£62£46.70
4£20.40£62£41.60
5£25.50£124£98.50
6£30.60£124£93.40
7£35.70£124£88.30
8£40.80£124£83.20

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
Green line · Nexus (Tyne and Wear Metro)Metro Green line to Monument
From
Airport Metro station, entered from the terminal beside Domestic Arrivals
To
Monument, in the heart of the city; Central Station, for the main-line trains, is one minute further
Runs
05:38–23:07
Journey
23–24 min

The £2.50 fare needs Pop Pay As You Go. The card is ordered online with a £5 balance; on landing, only an Android phone can add it, in Google Wallet. Everyone else pays £5.10 at the machine.

Touch in and touch out. A Pop journey left open is charged the maximum fare, and travelling without a valid ticket is a £100 penalty fare plus the single, £50 if paid within 21 days.

Bank cards and phones with a bank card do not open the gates. The machines take them for a paper ticket.

Going back the same day, the all-zones day ticket is £7.00 on paper; with Pop the day is capped at £5.00.

After the 23:07, trains from the airport stop at Regent Centre, 12 minutes out and about 11 short of Monument.

Metro Green line to Monument: price for every party size

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