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To aid visibility of the current status of the trams on this fleet list the following colour coding is used: Operational, Under Attention, Withdrawn, Not Yet Delivered |
| Metrocars |
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Built: 1975-1981 by Metropolitan Cammell, Birmingham Seats: 64 (unrefurbished trains have 68 seats) Motors: 2 x Siemens 187kW Power Conductor: Single arm pantograph Couplers: BSI |
| No. | Livery | Link |
| 4005 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4008 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4009 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4011 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4014 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | |
| 4015 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4017 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4020 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) - with Queen's Platinum Jubilee logos | Photo |
| 4023 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4024 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4026 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4027 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | |
| 4028 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4029 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4030 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4032 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | |
| 4035 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4038 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4039 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4041 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | |
| 4042 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4043 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4044 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4045 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4046 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4047 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | |
| 4049 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | |
| 4050 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4051 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4053 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4056 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4059 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4060 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4061 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4065 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4066 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4068 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4069 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4071 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4073 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4074 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4075 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | |
| 4078 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4079 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4081 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | |
| 4085 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4086 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4087 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4089 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
| 4090 | Fleet Livery (Black & Yellow) | Photo |
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Notes: These trains are due to be replaced by 46 new trains due to be built by Stadler for introduction by 2026. A number of the above are out of service with longstanding faults and are unlikely to be returned to service. 4001 departed for preservation at the Stephenson Railway Museum on 10th September 2025. 4019 left Howdon on 16th September 2025 for the Tyne and Wear Fire Service Training Centre where it will be used for training. The following have been scrapped and have been removed from the above fleet list (all at Shildon unless sated otherwise): 4002 (October 2023), 4003 (12th June 2025), 4004 (1st October 2025), 4006 (7th October 2025), 4007 (21st February 2025), 4010 (3rd June 2025), 4012 (2nd September 2025), 4013 (5th June 2025), 4016 (3rd April 2025), 4018 (9th June), 4021 (10th June), 4022 (2019 - Nemesis Rail, Burton-on-Trent), 4025 (6th June 2025), 4031 (11th March 2025), 4033 (17th July 2025), 4034 (9th September 2025), 4036 (31st July 2025), 4037 (4th February 2025), 4040 (4th June 2025), 4048 (21st August 2025), 4052 (July 2024), 4054 (24th March 2025), 4055 (2023 - EMR, Tyne Dock), 4057 (2nd April 2025), 4058 (2nd October 2025), 4062 (2023 - EMR, Tyne Dock), 4063 (27th August 2025), 4064 (25th March 2025), 4067 (30th September 2025), 4070 (May 2024), 4072 (18th July 2025), 4076 (6th February 2025), 4077 (May 2024), 4080 (6th October 2025), 4082 (13th March 2025), 4083 (October 2023), 4084 (14th March 2025) and 4088 (May 2024). |
| Stalder Trains |
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Built: 2022- by Stadler, Switzerland Seats: TBC Motors: TBC Power Conductor: Single arm pantograph Couplers: TBC |
| No. | Date Delivered | Date Into Service | Livery | Link |
| 555 001 | 19th April 2024 | Yellow, Grey & Black | Photo | |
| 555 002 | 18th June 2024 | 21st February 2025 | Yellow, Grey & Black | Photo |
| 555 003 | 28th February 2023 | 17th March 2025 | Yellow, Grey & Black | Photo |
| 555 004 | 11th March 2023 | 11th March 2025 | Yellow, Grey & Black | Photo |
| 555 005 | 6th April 2023 | 25th February 2025 | Yellow, Grey & Black | Photo |
| 555 006 | 13th September 2024 | 20th May 2025 | Yellow, Grey & Black | |
| 555 007 | 13th September 2024 | 24th May 2025 | Yellow, Grey & Black | |
| 555 008 | 21st February 2025 | 27th June 2025 | Yellow, Grey & Black | |
| 555 009 | 21st February 2025 | 30th July 2025 | Yellow, Grey & Black | |
| 555 010 | 11th April 2025 | Yellow, Grey & Black | ||
| 555 011 | 11th April 2025 | 31st July 2025 | Yellow, Grey & Black | Photo |
| 555 012 | 9th May 2025 | 7th September 2025 | Yellow, Grey & Black | |
| 555 013 | 16th December 2023 | Yellow, Grey & Black | ||
| 555 014 | 9th May 2025 | 4th September 2025 | Yellow, Grey & Black | |
| 555 015 | 16th December 2023 | 17th April 2025 | Yellow, Grey & Black | |
| 555 016 | 30th May 2025 | 4th September 2025 | Yellow, Grey & Black | Photo |
| 555 017 | 20th June 2025 | Yellow, Grey & Black | ||
| 555 018 | 10th July 2025 | Yellow, Grey & Black | Photo | |
| 555 019 | 8th August 2025 | Yellow, Grey & Black | ||
| 555 020 | 19th April 2024 | 31st December 2024 | Yellow, Grey & Black | |
| 555 021 | 18th June 2024 | 18th December 2024 | Yellow, Grey & Black | Photo |
| 555 022 | Yellow, Grey & Black | |||
| 555 023 | Yellow, Grey & Black | |||
| 555 024 | Yellow, Grey & Black | |||
| 555 025 | Yellow, Grey & Black | |||
| 555 026 | Yellow, Grey & Black | |||
| 555 027 | 25th October 2024 | 26th March 2025 | Yellow, Grey & Black | Photo |
| 555 028 | 25th October 2024 | 10th April 2025 | Yellow, Grey & Black | Photo |
| 555 029 | Yellow, Grey & Black | |||
| 555 030 | Yellow, Grey & Black | |||
| 555 031 | 20th June 2025 | 22nd September 2025 | Yellow, Grey & Black | |
| 555 032 | 8th August 2025 | Yellow, Grey & Black | ||
| 555 033 | Yellow, Grey & Black | |||
| 555 034 | Yellow, Grey & Black | |||
| 555 035 | 30th May 2025 | 1st September 2025 | Yellow, Grey & Black | Photo |
| 555 036 | 5th September 2025 | Yellow, Grey & Black | ||
| 555 037 | Yellow, Grey & Black | |||
| 555 038 | 10th July 2025 | Yellow, Grey & Black | ||
| 555 039 | 9th August 2025 | Yellow, Grey & Black | ||
| 555 040 | 4th September 2025 | Yellow, Grey & Black | ||
| 555 041 | 4th September 2025 | Yellow, Grey & Black | ||
| 555 042 | Yellow, Grey & Black | |||
| 555 043 | Yellow, Grey & Black | |||
| 555 044 | Yellow, Grey & Black | |||
| 555 045 | Yellow, Grey & Black | |||
| 555 046 | Yellow, Grey & Black |
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46 new trains are being built by Stadler. The introduction was delayed with the first entering service in December 2024. There will now be a phased introduction, with all due to be in service by the end of 2026. | 555 003 was the first of the class to be delivered to Gosforth Depot, arriving on 28th February 2023. It was transported by rail via the Channel Tunnel, arriving in the UK on 21st February 2023 and then being transported north over several legs, the last of which saw it hauled from Pelaw by four of the original Metrocars. 555 021 was the first of the class to run in passenger service on Wednesday 18th December 2024 when it ran between Pelaw and Monkseaton. |
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