Category Archives: Tyne and Wear Metro

Charles McManus, 18 from North Shields, has successfully completed his ultra marathon which saw him visit all 60 stations on the Tyne and Wear Metro. Starting at 0300 from South Hylton he completed the 77 mile route just after 2030 … Continue reading →

We recently reported on a pensioner who had walked the entire length of the Tyne and Wear Metro network in 18 months but now a teenager from the region is going a step further (well many, many steps further probably!) … Continue reading →

Alan Pollard, an 82 year old pensioner from Whitley Bay, has completed a walk covering the entire Tyne and Wear Metro network. He recently completed the 75 mile walk by charting the same route as the network over a period … Continue reading →

Margaret Calvert, who in a long career in design created the iconic Tyne and Wear Metro logo amongst many others, has been honoured with a prestigious award. She was given the Type Directors Club Medal in a ceremony in New … Continue reading →

A team from Transport Infrastructure Ireland have recently paid a visit to the new Tyne and Wear Metro depot at South Gosforth on a fact finding mission. The delegation came as Dublin prepares to build its very first Metro system.

A classic country music song has had a playful reworking by a local mandolin group. “I’ve been everywhere” has swapped its lyrics from being about a journey across North America for a ride on the Tyne and Wear Metro.

Susan Dungworth, the new Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, has taken a trip on the Tyne and Wear Metro to see the police and security measures in place on the system. She travelled with police officers from the Northumbria Force … Continue reading →

South Shields Transport Interchange has become the latest location to be fitted with a life saving defibrillator. The device has been installed in the Metro concourse and is registered on the National Defibrillator Network.

It has been announced that the reception desk at the Tyne and Wear Metro’s South Gosforth Control Centre will close permanently from Monday 12th August. The decision has been made owing to low customer footfall using this facility with the … Continue reading →

Have you ever wondered what hidden parts of the Tyne and Wear Metro look like? If you have you will have the opportunity to see them as part of the NOVUM arts festival which takes place between 8th and 11th … Continue reading →

We may still be waiting for the first of the new trains to enter on the Tyne and Wear Metro but children in the region will be able to get a taste of what to expect with a scale model … Continue reading →

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 →