Category Archives: Tyne and Wear Metro

The Tyne and Wear Metro reporting system which allows customers to report any issues by sending a discrete text message is being switched to WhatsApp, making it easier and free to use. For those who don’t have WhatsApp it will … Continue reading →

All 46 of the new Stadler trains have now been delivered to the Tyne and Wear Metro. The final three units were delivered in the early hours of Friday 20th and Saturday 21st February 2026 – just one week short … Continue reading →

Paul McDougal has completed his epic challenge of running the route of the whole Tyne and Wear Metro network – with it taking him just 18 hours and 30 minutes to complete it. Paul, 35, lives in Vietnam now and … Continue reading →

After a busy few weeks of trains going for scrap and new trains being delivered, the past seven days have been far quieter on the Tyne and Wear Metro. But that’s not to say that nothing has happened as we … Continue reading →

The Tyne and Wear Metro has played a supporting role in a new series of dramas made for the BBC. It was seen in Doppelganger, which was first shown on BBC Three on Sunday 1st February, with film shot on … Continue reading →

The plan to make travel on the Tyne and Wear Metro more affordable has been approved. The new fares are to be introduced from 1st April and are part of the Mayor of the North East, Kim McGuinness’ pledge to … Continue reading →

Friday 6th and Saturday 7th February 2026 saw the Tyne and Wear Metro welcome the penultimate delivery of new Stalder trains with 555 023, 555 026 and 555 045 delivered having made the journey across from Switzerland.

It seems that there aren’t many weeks which go by at the moment without there being some change to the fleet on the Tyne and Wear Metro and once again that is the case. The past week has not only … Continue reading →

Major restoration work has started on an historic Metro footbridge in North Tyneside as part of the Metro Asset Renewal Programme. It will be restored to its former glory and is part of the multi-million pound renewal scheme at Whitley … Continue reading →

Another week and another two Metrocars have headed off to be scrapped as the programme continues at a pace. The latest two to go are 4008 and 4045 – both of which were still able to move under their own … Continue reading →

The Tyne and Wear Metro’s Asset Renewal Programme will be continuing for five days in February, with a line closure between Shiremoor and St James from Monday 16th to Friday 20th February.

The youngest ever driver on the Tyne and Wear Metro has retired from the operator after 46 years of service. Phil Taylor, 65 from Bank Foot in Newcastle, was just 19 when he started his career on the network – … Continue reading →

It may have been done before, but a charity fundraiser from Northumberland is set to take on the extreme Tyne and Metro challenge where he will run the complete network in a single day to raise money for a charity … Continue reading →

It took a little while but scrappings of redundant Metrocars have resumed with, so far, two more examples heading off the Tyne and Wear Metro for a one-way trip and an appointment with the scrapman.

With the regular entry into service of the new trains on the Tyne and Wear Metro it was always inevitably going to happen that we missed one entering service! And that is precisely what happened in the lead up to … Continue reading →

A five year old boy from Gateshead – with dreams of being a Metro driver one day – and his mother have recently created their own version of one of the new Metro trains. And after taking it out onto … Continue reading →

Francis Bourgeois, the social media megastar who has more than 3.3 million followers on TikTok, has released another video with two of the new trains for the Tyne and Wear Metro featuring in their delivery during December 2025.

A Tyne and Wear Metrocar is set to make its West End debut! Whilst admittedly its not a real Metrocar, it will be a life-sized replica of 4001 which is part of the set for the play Gerry & Sewell, … Continue reading →