{"id":63973,"date":"2026-08-04T18:00:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T17:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=63973"},"modified":"2026-08-04T12:56:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T11:56:51","slug":"metro-appears-in-newcastle-united-away-kit-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=63973","title":{"rendered":"Metro appears in Newcastle United away kit launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You may have to be quick to notice it but one of the Tyne and Wear Metro\u2019s new trains is featuring in social media content from Newcastle United FC as part of their 2026\/7 away kit launch.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In the video released on various social media platforms, a group of young Newcastle United fans are seen on board one of the new trains wearing the new blue away shirt.<\/p>\n<p>Helen Matthews, Commercial Director at Nexus, said: \u201cWe were delighted to work with Newcastle United Football Club and adidas as part of the launch of the new away shirt for the coming season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the first time that Metro has been part of a Newcastle United kit launch. When we were approached to be a part of the filming, we were really pleased to take part. A lot of work went into the planning process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great to see our new Metro trains appearing in the film, which is getting many thousands of views and shares on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Metro system is a great backdrop for filming and we\u2019re always keen to work with different brands to accommodate their requests.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may have to be quick to notice it but one of the Tyne and Wear Metro\u2019s new trains is featuring in social media content from Newcastle United FC as part of their 2026\/7 away kit launch.<\/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\/63973"}],"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=63973"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63974,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63973\/revisions\/63974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}