Category Archives: Tyne and Wear Metro

Nexus are once again offering budding poets the chance to see their poetry displayed on the Tyne and Wear Metro with the launch of their annual poetry competition. The winner and three runners up will see their poem displayed on … Continue reading →

A new exhibition which explores the radical urban transformations that helped to change the face of Tyneside will feature the Tyne and Wear Metro. Concrete Dreams is at the Farrell Centre and it will explore the ideas, personalities and political … Continue reading →

Tyne and Wear Metro services through Pelaw will be impacted by major engineering works which will see the junction there renewed. Lasting for five days between 28th October and 1st November, the work is to future proof the network and … Continue reading →

Last year we ran an article on a production of  “Gerry and Sewell” which was playing at the Live Theatre. Telling the story of two Gateshead lads who are desperate to see Newcastle United play at home it included a … Continue reading →

With the arrivals of the new Tyne and Wear Metro trains being built by Stadler continuing, a group of specialist users have been given the chance to get familiar with the trains. Sense Ability Matters (SAM) – a charity which … Continue reading →

Although none have yet to enter service, the number of new trains delivered to the Tyne and Wear Metro continues to gradually increase with another pair arriving in the early hours of Friday 13th September. 555 006 and 555 007 … Continue reading →

The Tyne and Wear Metro have signed up to the Sector Work Academy Programme (SWAP) with the aim of creating new opportunities for people who are out of work to secure frontline customer services roles on the network.

It wasn’t just the runners breaking records at this year’s Great North Run – it was a record breaking day for public transport in the area as well. Local services saw 146,000 customer journeys made on the day, which was … Continue reading →

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 →