This airport needs a serious rethink. Overcrowded. Can't even imagine if there was an emergency. Took one hour 15 minutes to get through passport control, ridiculous queues as soon as you enter the building....and onto a transfer bus. 1.5 hour wait for a taxi so took a bus. Awful far too infrequent stops everywhere takes 45 minutes to go 7 miles to the train station. So over two hours to get to 7 miles train station....I would rather pay double for a more frequent direct shuttle to the station. I can get through Charles de Gaulle in Paris more quickly. Awful experience. Newcastle does not have enough flights from France.