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 August at Newcastle Civic Centre.
A team from cultural production agency Curated Place have filmed and photographed parts of the Metro system including tunnels, voids and air vents. The images include the escalator voids at Monument Station, the tunnels at St James station and the Prudhoe Street Metro vent shaft next to Eldon Square bus station.
Huw Lewis, Nexus Customer Services Director, said: “It’s fantastic for Metro to be featured at the NOVUM Festival. There are many iconic parts of the network which are hidden from the public view and these have been brought to life through film and photography.
“These include areas like our city centre tunnels deep beneath the centre of Newcastle, and the many hidden Metro air vents and escalator voids across the city’s Metro stations. I’ve no doubt that visitors to the NOVUM Festival are going to really enjoy this exhibit. The team at Curated Place who came to photograph all of these spaces did a great job, as did our own teams who helped to arrange access to these unseen areas of the Metro system.”