{"id":45264,"date":"2022-06-06T18:00:59","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T17:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=45264"},"modified":"2022-06-06T17:41:50","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T16:41:50","slug":"out-and-about-tyne-and-wear-metro-at-sunderland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=45264","title":{"rendered":"Out and About: Tyne and Wear Metro at Sunderland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tyne and Wear Metro to South Hylton via Sunderland recently celebrated its 20<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary and in this edition of \u201cOut and About\u201d we head to the rather dark Sunderland station for some views of the Metrocars in operation.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_45265\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=45265\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-45265\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45265\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-45265\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1.4038-kj-550x368.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1.4038-kj-550x368.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1.4038-kj-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1.4038-kj-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1.4038-kj.jpg 1286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-45265\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sharing the line with services on the national rail network the Metrocars run between South Hylton and Newcastle Airport. This view shows 4038 at the rear of a double unit as it heads to South Hylton.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_45266\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=45266\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-45266\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45266\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-45266\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2.4081-kj-550x368.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2.4081-kj-550x368.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2.4081-kj-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2.4081-kj-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2.4081-kj.jpg 1287w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-45266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">4081 approaches Sunderland with a service for the Airport. With buildings located above the platforms Sunderland Station has a bit of dismal feel to it.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_45267\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=45267\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-45267\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45267\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-45267\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/3.4009-kj-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/3.4009-kj-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/3.4009-kj-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/3.4009-kj-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/3.4009-kj.jpg 1295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-45267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">4009 comes into the station with a service to South Hylton.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_45268\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=45268\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-45268\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45268\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-45268\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/4.4018-kj-550x368.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/4.4018-kj-550x368.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/4.4018-kj-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/4.4018-kj-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/4.4018-kj.jpg 1287w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-45268\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This time we see 4018 which is at the head of a service to the Airport.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_45269\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=45269\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-45269\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45269\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-45269\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/5.4018-kj-550x368.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/5.4018-kj-550x368.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/5.4018-kj-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/5.4018-kj-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/5.4018-kj.jpg 1287w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-45269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The front doors of 4018 are seen in close-up showing the level boarding on offer \u2013 the new trains will improve this even further with folding steps being provided. (All Photographs by Ken Jones, 20th April 2022)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tyne and Wear Metro to South Hylton via Sunderland recently celebrated its 20th anniversary and in this edition of \u201cOut and About\u201d we head to the rather dark Sunderland station for some views of the Metrocars in operation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100,67],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45264"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45264"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45270,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45264\/revisions\/45270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}