Category Archives: Tyne and Wear Metro

4001, the first of the Tyne and Wear Metrocars to enter preservation, has now been at its new home of the Stephenson Steam Railway in Wallsend for around two months. The railway held a Railway 200 Gala over the weekend … Continue reading →

Its time for another look at the Tyne and Wear Metro performance poster – and the latest one contains some good and some bad news for travellers on the network.

The big changeover of the fleet of trains on the Tyne and Wear Metro has continued over the past few days as we’ve seen two more of the original Metrocars go on a final journey to the scrap merchants.

There are now just nine more of the new Tyne and Wear Metro trains to arrive in the northeast following the delivery of another three over two nights on 14th and 15th November 2025.

The ongoing story of how performance on the Tyne and Wear Metro continues to fluctuate is showing no signs of coming to an end with the two latest posters put up at stations showing that whilst the August/September period was … Continue reading →

There will be no Tyne and Wear Metro service between Regent Centre and Airport for five days at the end of November with rail replacement works set to take place from Wednesday 26th and Sunday 30th November 2025.

A puppet replica of a Tyne and Wear Metro train got into the Halloween spirit with it being transformed into a ghost train for the Great North Museum: Hanock’s Halloween Great North Night after-hours event.

It has been a very busy week for fleet changes on the Tyne and Wear Metro with four old trains being sent for scrapping whilst another two of the new Stadler built trains have entered service for the first time.

There have been two further scrapping of Tyne and Wear Metro units since our last update as 4011 and 4066 have headed off on one final journey.

You may remember in October 2024 we reported on how a replica Tyne and Wear Metro train was taking to the stage in Newcastle. The replica of 4001 was part of the set for Gerry and Sewell which ran last … Continue reading →

A rail enthusiast from Newcastle has made an intriguing find on ebay with rare colour footage of the Tyne and Wear Metro discovered during the early years of the network. The six minute video shows the Metro as it was … Continue reading →

There are some things which are common sights on most tram and light rail systems in the UK, and then there are some things which are more particular to one system. One thing which falls into the second category is … Continue reading →

The Tyne and Wear Metro underpass at Wallsend has been transformed thanks to a new mural. The design has been created by mural and graffiti artist Mark One87 after a series of community workshops with Richardson Dees Primary School, Move … Continue reading →

There have been a further three of new trains on the Tyne and Wear Metro which have entered service since our last update, bringing the total number used so far up to 22.

The complete change of the Tyne and Wear Metro passenger fleet is still going on and after several weeks where we have seen numerous examples of the 1980s Metrocars head off for one final journey to the scrapman, we can … Continue reading →

Passengers using five Park and Ride sites on the Tyne and Wear Metro can now use contactless payments as part of further investment  in modernising the customer experience. The introduction comes after data showed that there has been a steady … Continue reading →

Scrapping of the redundant 40+ year old original Metrocars is continuing at a pace with another threehaving been transported to J Denham Metals for their final journey since our last update. And as they have gone that way two Metro … Continue reading →

There will be a six day closure on the Tyne and Wear Metro in North Tyneside between Sunday 26th October and Friday 31st October as part of the continued investment in improving the infrastructure of the network. The closure will … Continue reading →