Category Archives: Tyne and Wear Metro

No trains will run on the Tyne and Wear Metro between Wallsend and St James for nine days in late August to allow for a £1.7 million programme of bridge and tunnel modernisation work. The line will be closed from … Continue reading →

£8.8 million is to be invested in the upgrade of equipment contained in the Tyne and Wear Metro control room to monitor and control key assets on the network. This is part of the continued modernisation of the Metro with … Continue reading →

The Tyne and Wear Metro could be set to get bigger in the coming years after North East Mayor Kim McGuinness confirmed funding was available to develop a business case. This could see the network extended to Washington as part … Continue reading →

The colourful “Beach and Shipyards” art installation – a stained glass art work – is back in pride of place at Monkseaton Tyne and Wear Metro station following an extensive restoration to take it back to its former glory.

Metroland: The people, places and history encountered via the Tyne and Wear Metro is a new travel book which uses the Metro network as the basis to take a trip around the region looking to the past, present and future. … Continue reading →

Property which has been left on the Tyne and Wear Metro over the past two years is set to go on sale at Tynemouth Station on Sunday 30th June. Proceeds from the sale will go towards Nexus’s chosen charity of … Continue reading →

Daylight testing of the new trains for the Tyne and Wear Metro has been continuing over the past few weeks and after 555 005 had been dominating the regular test runs it has recently been joined by 555 004 which … Continue reading →

The restoration project at Whitley Bay Tyne and Wear Metro station has reached an important stage with the start of the installation of new glazing into the canopy. Its all part of a £5.3 million project to restore the canopy … Continue reading →

There are now nine of the new trains for the Tyne and Wear Metro in northeast England after 555 002 and 555 021 made the lengthy journey from mainland Europe, arriving onto Metro metals on 18th June 2024.

The wait for the new Stadler bult trains to enter service on the Tyne and Wear Metro may be continuing (although we have at least seen daylight testing get underway) but that has not stopped more of the original Metrocars … Continue reading →

Stadler have confirmed that they have now finished construction of half of the planned fleet of new trains for the Tyne and Wear Metro. 23 of the 46 trains have been completed in Switzerland with seven so far having been … Continue reading →

Nexus in partnership with Northumbria Police and North Tyneside Council have launched another year of Operation Coastwatch. This will see extra patrols along the North Tyneside coast throughout the summer in a bid to tackle disorder and anti-social behaviour.

If you would say that over eight out of ten trains were arriving on time you’d usually think that’s not brilliant but when it’s the Tyne and Wear Metro and performance has been as low as six out of ten … Continue reading →

As with many large businesses across the UK, each year Nexus nominate a charity of the year with their employees fundraising throughout the year to raise money for the organisation. The 2023/4 charity for Nexus employees was Daft As A … Continue reading →

As we reported earlier this month, Wednesday 15th May 2024 saw the start of daylight testing for the new Tyne and Wear Metro trains when 555 005 was let out in between the service on the coastal route between Newcastle … Continue reading →

Up until now the only daylight sightings of the trains being built to run on the Tyne and Wear Metro have been of them stabled at the depot (or in various railway yards as they made their way to the … Continue reading →

Children and young people will be taught about the dangers of misusing level crossings on the Tyne and Wear Metro network after the introduction of a new and interactive training tool at the SafetyWorks teaching centre in Newcastle. The new … Continue reading →

We’re probably being a broken record here but the latest performance statistics released for the Tyne and Wear Metro show that once again performance has fallen – that’s both in comparison with the previous four weeks as well as the … Continue reading →