{"id":27553,"date":"2019-05-27T18:00:32","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T17:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=27553"},"modified":"2019-05-23T23:30:44","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T22:30:44","slug":"in-pictures-metro-cars-wherefore-art-thou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=27553","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Metro Cars wherefore art thou?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Train availability on the Tyne and Wear Metro has been in the news over recent months with a full service unable to be operated on the network at times. Included in this lack of availability are four sets which haven\u2019t been seen in service for well over a year \u2013 as far as is know they didn\u2019t run at all during 2018 and haven\u2019t so far in 2019 either. In this pictorial article we take a look at the four sets in happier times when they were still part of the active fleet. Trevor Hall provides the images.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The four units in question are <strong>4019<\/strong>, <strong>4022<\/strong>, <strong>4040<\/strong> and <strong>4075<\/strong>. Of these <strong>4040<\/strong> is one of the four not to have been refurbished (along with <strong>4001<\/strong>, <strong>4002<\/strong> and <strong>4083<\/strong>) and its absence means that only two of those four can be used in service as it isn\u2019t possible for unrefurbished trains to work in multiple with refurbished examples. Meanwhile, <strong>4022<\/strong> has been down in Bristol undergoing repairs for a considerable time with no sign of its return.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27554\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=27554\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27554\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27554\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27554\" title=\"4019-th\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4019-th-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4019-th-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4019-th.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Back on 3rd March 2011 and 4019 is seen at Pelaw still carrying the old Metro livery of Red and Yellow.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_27555\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=27555\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27555\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27555\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27555\" title=\"4022-th\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4022-th-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4022-th-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4022-th.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27555\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">4022 is the set which is still in Bristol but on 26th November 2010 \u2013 before refurbishment \u2013 it was still very much in the northeast when seen at South Gosforth.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_27556\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=27556\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27556\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27556\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27556\" title=\"4040-th\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4040-th-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4040-th-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4040-th.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27556\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It was unrefurbished then and it is unrefurbished today but a fault has sidelined the unit for quite some time. In an advertising livery on 27th October 2011 the unit is seen at Pelaw.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_27557\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=27557\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27557\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27557\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27557\" title=\"4075-th\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4075-th-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4075-th-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4075-th.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another advertising livery was carried on 4075 back on 29th April 2010 when it was seen at Ilford Road. (All Photographs by Trevor Hall)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Train availability on the Tyne and Wear Metro has been in the news over recent months with a full service unable to be operated on the network at times. 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