{"id":47522,"date":"2022-12-10T20:00:22","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T20:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=47522"},"modified":"2022-12-10T14:56:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T14:56:49","slug":"metro-services-to-resume-between-pelaw-and-south-shields-on-14th-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=47522","title":{"rendered":"Metro services to resume between Pelaw and South Shields on 14th December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The return of Tyne and Wear Metro services between Pelaw and South Shields has been delayed by a further two days with confirmation that the first trains won\u2019t now run until Wednesday 14<sup>th<\/sup> December. Services last ran between the two stations in September to allow for Metro Flow works to take place; originally due to be completed by Monday 5<sup>th<\/sup> December extra time has been needed to ensure all work is completed and tested satisfactorily.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Cathy Massarella, Nexus Major Projects Director, explained more about the delay: \u201cWe will have Metro services back up and running between Pelaw and South Shields on Wednesday morning, 14<sup>th<\/sup> December.\u00a0The bulk of the works on the new tracks and signals are finished along the 4.6km stretch, but we need to extend for the final few pieces of work on the overhead power lines, which we need to get done right so that we can run the trains.\u00a0We understand customers are frustrated that this major \u00a3104m renewal programme has been extended again and we\u2019re sorry for the inconvenience and disruption this causes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the closure three sections of track between Pelaw and Bede have been dualled to allow extra services to run along the length of the line. This has seen a heavy rail freight line upgraded and part of the delay has been down to making sure the infrastructure allows both the Metro and the freight lines to run alongside each other.<\/p>\n<p>The Metro Flow project has cost \u00a3104 million which included \u00a395 million from the government\u2019s Transforming Cities Fund. Additional trains from Stadler are also being funded with this cash with extra services able to be operated in the future as well as helping to increase resilience to delays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The return of Tyne and Wear Metro services between Pelaw and South Shields has been delayed by a further two days with confirmation that the first trains won\u2019t now run until Wednesday 14th December. Services last ran between the two &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=47522\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[67],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47522"}],"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=47522"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47523,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47522\/revisions\/47523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}