{"id":63808,"date":"2026-07-16T20:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T19:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=63808"},"modified":"2026-07-16T18:57:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:57:55","slug":"replica-metro-train-returns-in-city-centre-play-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=63808","title":{"rendered":"Replica Metro train returns in city centre play zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few years Tiny Toon has popped up in Newcastle City Centre as a mini play village for children to explore during their summer holidays. It has included a replica new Metro train and that will be the case again in 2026 when it opens again from 20<sup>th<\/sup> July.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Sarah McCourt, Head of Communications and Marketing at Nexus, said: \u201cWe are delighted to once again be part of this amazing family experience that offers so much excitement over the summer period. As Kids Go Free with fare-paying adults on Metro, it\u2019s brilliant that families from across the region can enjoy a fantastic free day out where kids can play and pretend to drive a Metro train \u2013 and travel there and back on the real thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tiny Toon is a miniature version of some of Newcastle\u2019s most iconic, historic and landmark buildings and businesses, providing endless hours of play with themed props, branded dressing up outfits and scaled down buildings.<\/p>\n<p>As well as the replica Metro train it also includes the Tyne Bridge, a Metro platform and station cube, a Newcastle Building Society, Eldon Square, the Pink Lane Bakery, Dakwala Indian restaurant and the Tyneside Cinema.<\/p>\n<p>Tiny Toon can be found in Old Eldon Square alongside NE1\u2019s Screen on the Green and the Stay and Play Zone. It will be open between 20<sup>th<\/sup> July and 31<sup>st<\/sup> August 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few years Tiny Toon has popped up in Newcastle City Centre as a mini play village for children to explore during their summer holidays. It has included a replica new Metro train and that will be the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=63808\">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\/63808"}],"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=63808"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63809,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63808\/revisions\/63809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}