Category Archives: Tyne and Wear Metro

The section of the Tyne and Wear Metro between Hebburn and South Shields will be closed for five days between Monday 4th and Friday 8th August 2025 to allow overhead line works to take place.

It has been confirmed by the UK Government that they will be funding a major upgrade of the signalling system on the Tyne and Wear Metro. The DfT made the announcement on Tuesday 8th July.

A further two Tyne and Wear Metrocars have left the network to go for a date with the scrapman in recent days – the 27th and 28th of the original fleet of 90 trains which ran the service for over … Continue reading →

Children will once again be able to explore a scale model of one of the new Tyne and Wear Metro trains as it returns to the Tiny Toon pop-up play village at Old Eldon Square in the centre of Newcastle.

A joint scheme between Northumbria Police, North Tyneside Council and Tyne and Wear Metro operator Nexus is returning for the summer to help tackle anti-social behaviour on the North Tyneside coast. Operational Coastwatch has been used for a number of … Continue reading →

555 008 has become the latest of the new Stadler trains to have entered service on the Tyne and Wear Metro. Having been used on testing and driver training it was cleared for passenger use in June and formed its … Continue reading →

No services will run between Hebburn and South Shields on the Tyne and Wear Metro for five days during August to allow the installation of new overhead wires, as part of the continued investment in maintaining and upgrading the network’s … Continue reading →

Nexus have won a Gold Award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) in recognition of their dedication to keeping its customers and workforce safe. This award is part of the world’s largest health and safety awards … Continue reading →

Fares on the Tyne and Wear Metro (as well as the Shields Ferry) will be increased from Tuesday 1st July. As part of the reminder of the new fares, Nexus are encouraging people to switch to Pop Pay As You … Continue reading →

The early hours of Friday 20th June saw the Tyne and Wear Metro welcome another couple of new trains from Switzerland with 555 017 and 555 031 the latest to make he long trip by rail.

The scrappings of the Metrocars, which have been running on the Tyne and Wear Metro for over 40 years let’s not forget – appears to be showing no signs of slowing down as not content with sending six for scrap … Continue reading →

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 →