{"id":63680,"date":"2026-07-03T20:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=63680"},"modified":"2026-07-03T19:45:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T18:45:24","slug":"pop-up-metro-museum-opens-at-monument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=63680","title":{"rendered":"Pop-up Metro Museum opens at Monument"},"content":{"rendered":"

An empty shop unit at Monument Metro Station has been converted into a pop-up museum which is celebrating the history of the Tyne and Wear Metro network. The exhibit opened to the public on Friday 3rd<\/sup> July and will be open on selected dates to showcase how the Metro network became a reality.<\/p>\n

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The museum features fascinating archive photography including photos of the construction phase and its Royal opening in 1981. It also celebrates the role of the outgoing Metrocar fleet, which ran their last guaranteed services at the end of June 2026.<\/p>\n

Jamie Robson, Nexus Stakeholder Relations Officer, came up with the idea. He said: \u201cOur new pop-up museum celebrates the amazing history of the Tyne and Wear Metro. The unit was the ideal location for the exhibit. It has helped to breathe new life into the facility.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe displays show the most iconic archive images across the five decades that\u00a0we\u2019ve\u00a0had a metro system, from when it was built, to its many Royal visits.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0a fascinating trip down memory lane and is a reminder how significant it was for our region to get an underground light rail system, which, at the time, was the first of its kind outside of London.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are looking forward to our customers popping into the museum over the summer to have a look around. Monument is the busiest station on the Metro\u00a0system\u00a0so we are expecting it to be popular.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt also comes at a time when\u00a0we\u2019ve\u00a0just\u00a0had a week of special commemorative\u00a0runs in service of the old Class 599 Metro fleet. The exhibit is a fantastic way to look back at their amazing life of service.\u201d<\/p>\n

The museum opened for the first time on Friday 3rd<\/sup> July and will now be open as follows:<\/p>\n