Category Archives: Tyne and Wear Metro

After a gap of around two months between departures, the scrappings of the redundant original Tyne and Wear Metro trains has resumed with six having left the network to be cut-up over several days at the start of June.

Following the announcement by Mayor of the North East, Kim McGuiness, that part of the major government funding for the region will go towards the construction of the first new Tyne and Wear Metro line for over 30 years, comes … Continue reading →

Similar to many organisations across the UK, each year Nexus employees nominate a charity to raise funds for and over the past 12 months they have been completing various activities to support Bryson’s Animal Shelter. They have now been able … Continue reading →

The early hours of Friday 30th May saw two more new trains arrive on the Tyne and Wear Metro network having made their way across from Switzerland – once again completing the journey solely by rail over several different legs. … Continue reading →

11 of the Stadler built Tyne and Wear Metro trains have now carried passengers with 555 007 the latest to enter service – although its initial entry was a brief one with it removed from service after a short period.

The Tyne and Wear Metro welcomed the latest couple of new trains to their network in the early hours of 9th May 2025 when 555 012 and 555 014 were delivered from Switzerland.

A series of videos which help passengers on the Tyne and Wear Metro get to know all about the new trains which are currently being introduced onto the network. The films show members of the Metro fleet project team explaining … Continue reading →

There will be no Tyne and Wear Metro services between Regent Centre and the Airport from Thursday 29th May to Sunday 1st June to allow level crossing work to take place. Advantage will also be taken of this four day … Continue reading →

Essential overhead line maintenance work will be taking place on the Tyne and Wear Metro from 2100 on Sunday 18th May 2025 meaning no trams will be able to work south of South Gosforth.

The Tyne and Wear Metro is once again playing a starring role on the Newcastle theatre stage as part of a new play – Dogs on the Metro – now playing at the Live Theatre until 17th May. The stage … Continue reading →

Geoff Marshall – who came to prominence in 2017 when he visited all 2,563 stations in Great Britain – has recently paid a visit to northeast England where he sampled the new Tyne and Wear Metro trains in service for … Continue reading →

The project to replace tracks in the tunnels under Newcastle City Centre has won a second award (following success at the Global Light Rail Awards last year) with the latest recognition coming at the Spotlight Rail Awards. Nexus and Smartrax … Continue reading →

Whilst the big news from the Tyne and Wear Metro continues to be the withdrawal of all the fully commissioned new trains for operational issues, there is still a network to run and the latest performance posters had at least … Continue reading →

It was all going so well… The phased introduction of the new trains being built by Stadler for the Tyne and Wear Metro had seen nine of the units enter passenger service between December 2024 and April 2025 but this … Continue reading →

They still be in the middle of their phased introduction but the new Tyne and Wear Metro train are already seeping into the consciousness of people across the region, so much so that one appeared at the recent Newcastle Puppetry … Continue reading →

The phased introduction of the new trains on the Tyne and Wear Metro is continuing to accelerate with Thursday 17th April 2025 seeing 555 015 become the ninth of the Stadler built units to be used in passenger service.

555 010 and 555 011 have become the sixteenth and seventeenth of the new trains being built for the Tyne and Wear Metro to arrive in northeast England. The two trains came exactly the same way as the previous fifteen … Continue reading →

The scrappings of the outgoing Metrocars which have plied their trade on the Tyne and Wear Metro for over 40 years have continued over the past week with a further two examples heading off to Shildon to be cut-up. Meanwhile, … Continue reading →