Category Archives: Tyne and Wear Metro

Sunderland Station – served by both trains operated by Northern and Tyne and Wear Metro services – is currently undergoing something of a revamp. Work started earlier this year and will see the station transformed as part of a £26 … Continue reading →

Work on the Metro Flow project which has seen the line to South Shields closed since September will be going on for a week longer than planned to allow contractors extra time to complete the installation of overhead line and … Continue reading →

A community group is set to restore a historic phone box at Whitley Bay Metro station with it due to be returned to its former glory. The Grade II listed kiosk was one of only 50 to be introduced in … Continue reading →

The period from 16th October to 12th November has not been the best four weeks of the year for the Tyne and Wear Metro with performance falling by 13% from the previous four weeks.

It has been confirmed that services on the Tyne and Wear Metro network between Park Lane and South Hylton won’t run until the new year with Network Rail needing to complete major repairs to an electrical substation which recently suffered … Continue reading →

The new main building of the redeveloped depot at Gosforth on the Tyne and Wear Metro has been completed as the project starts to come to an end. The completion of this section of the depot comes just a few … Continue reading →

There will be no Tyne and Wear Metro services running between Park Lane and South Hylton for at least seven days as a result of flood damage caused to a Network Rail substation last week. The damage was experienced on … Continue reading →

Passengers travelling on the Tyne and Wear Metro who use Pop Pay As You Go are to be the latest public transport users to enjoy a lower than usual fare cap at the start of 2023 with a new limit … Continue reading →

We haven’t taken a look at performance on the Tyne and Wear Metro for a few months (the last time we reviewed it was at the end of May 2022) but the posters have continued to be put up at … Continue reading →

If plans for a new line serving Washington are adopted the Tyne and Wear Metro could see its first extension since 2002 when trains first reached Sunderland and South Hylton. The proposals would see a new line built between Pelaw … Continue reading →

The £104 million project to dual 4.6km of track on the Tyne and Wear Metro between Pelaw and Bede is continuing and as it reaches the final scheduled month of work good progress continues to be made. With £95 million … Continue reading →

Anyone found to be travelling on the Tyne and Wear Metro without a ticket will be liable to a penalty fare of up to £100 from January 2023. This is a nationwide increase for the national penalty fare regime on … Continue reading →

Passengers who use the Tyne and Wear Metro are to be given an opportunity to shape the future of the network with a new consultation being launched in conjunction with Newcastle University’s Open Lab. This builds on the consultation carried … Continue reading →

The project to dual 4.6km of track on the Tyne and Wear Metro in South Tyneside has reached its halfway point with the works remaining on schedule. 3km of new line has now been laid with a further 1.6km to … Continue reading →

The commemorative plaque that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II unveiled when she officially opened the Tyne and Wear Metro in 1981 has been restored to its former glory as a mark of respect following her death in September.

South Tyneside Council have announced a £3 million investment programme to improve walking and cycling links at four Metro stations. The work will start from 10th October and go through until April 2023 at Chichester, Bede, Tyne Dock and Simonside … Continue reading →

As part of the interior design of the new Tyne and Wear Metro trains – currently being built in Switzerland by Stadler – there will be specially commissioned artwork on the end walls. Ahead of the trains entering service, members … Continue reading →

The first of 46 new trains being built for the Tyne and Wear Metro by Stadler has started testing in Switzerland ahead of its eventual entry into service, hoped to be in 2023. Footage released by Nexus shows the train … Continue reading →

Ten people – aged between 18 and 38 – have become the latest to start their apprenticeships with Nexus with training underway for their new careers. They have been recruited following extensive recruitment and will start new roles both to … Continue reading →

The Tyne and Wear Metro line between Pelaw and South Shields has been closed since 12th September to allow for major work to take place which includes the dualling of track from Pelaw to Bede. The Metro Flow project is … Continue reading →