Category Archives: Tyne and Wear Metro

As people get ready for further easing of restrictions and start to travel more often, transport operators in the UK have been seeking to reassure them about how safe it is to travel on board their services. As with the … Continue reading →

Nexus have fitted Ultraviolet equipment on all 36 escalators on the Tyne and Wear Metro network as part of their continued range of Covid secure measures. The UV light is used to sanitise the escalator handrails with germs being killed … Continue reading →

The two and a half year project to redevelop the Tyne and Wear Metro depot at Gosforth has really begun in earnest with the demolition work now underway at the 100 year old depot. Work commenced on demolishing the south … Continue reading →

Stadler – the company who will be supplying the Tyne and Wear Metro with 42 new trains by 2024 as well as now maintaining the current fleet, and previous supplier of trams for London Tramlink – have been named Rail … Continue reading →

Drivers on the Tyne and Wear Metro are to get a chance to “try out” the cab areas of the new trains being built by Stadler with a full size and fully fitted out replica having been made. It will … Continue reading →

The Tanfield Railway – which runs from Sunniside, Gateshead to East Tanfield, County Durham – is to benefit from the redevelopment of the Tyne and Wear Metro depot at Gosforth with more than 20 tons of used track equipment being … Continue reading →

Local politicians in the north-east have joined other leaders of City Regions across England in writing to the Government asking for a commitment to extra support for transport – including the Tyne and Wear Metro. As things stand at the … Continue reading →

Work has started on the £70 million development of South Gosforth Depot on the Tyne and Wear Metro with contractors have started to remove large sections of track and overhead line.

VolkerFitzpatrick – who have been contracted by Stadler to rebuild the Tyne and Wear Metro depot at Gosforth – have developed a new smartphone app which will be able to keep the local community up-to-date with the £70 million project. … Continue reading →

A special online lunchtime event will be taking place on Wednesday 24th February with the former boss of Nexus Mike Parker and the current Director General Tobyn Hughes in conversation about the Tyne and Wear Metro network. This free event … Continue reading →

A newly created role at Nexus, Head of Infrastructure Delivery, has been taken by long-serving member of staff Emma Gardener it has been announced. This role will see Emma leading maintenance work across the Tyne and Wear Metro network.

Six car parks across the Tyne and Wear Metro network are now accepting payment via the PayByPhone smartphone app as the latest move towards a Covid secure environment on the network is announced.

Stadler, the company who won the contract to build the new fleet of trains for the Tyne and Wear alongside a new maintenance contract and the rebuilding of South Gosforth, have confirmed they will be “making localism a key tent … Continue reading →

Nexus – who amongst their other responsibilities owns and manages the Tyne and Wear Metro – is looking for ten new apprentices in various different areas of their business. With roles in the infrastructure section of the Metro and the … Continue reading →

All Tyne and Wear Metro services through central Newcastle and Gateshead will be suspended between Monday 15th and Sunday 28th February to allow for the replacement of the overhead wires. No trains will run between Heworth and Regent Centre/Four Lane … Continue reading →