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  2. Metros unable to run under closed flyover - AOL

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    A metro service is unable to run under a flyover which has been closed over safety concerns. The Tyne and Wear Metro has been suspended between Heworth and Monument because of problems caused by ...

  3. New Metro train taken out of service after fault - AOL

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    The first new Tyne and Wear Metro train had to be taken out of service after a technical failure. It was withdrawn in South Gosforth at about 08:00 GMT and had to be "reset" to resolve the fault.

  4. More work to prop up flyover 'but no reopening' - AOL

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    The closure plunged the wider region into travel chaos when Tyne and Wear Metro services running underneath the 1960s structure had to be suspended for almost two weeks.

  5. Tyne and Wear Metro - Wikipedia

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    The Tyne and Wear Metro is an overground and underground light rail rapid transit system [4] [5] [6] serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, and the City of Sunderland (together forming Tyne and Wear). The owners Nexus have described it as "Britain’s first light rapid transit system". [7]

  6. Nexus (transport executive) - Wikipedia

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    Nexus is pursuing a number of major programmes aimed at improving public transport in Tyne and Wear. These include the £389 million "Metro: All Change" programme to modernise the Tyne and Wear Metro over eleven years. Most of the capital money will be invested in renewal and upgrade of infrastructure, with modernisation of stations and trains ...

  7. British Rail Class 555 - Wikipedia

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    The British Rail Class 555 Metro is a class of electric multiple units, commissioned and built for the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive (Nexus) by the Swiss company Stadler Rail, at a total cost of £362 million, for use on the Tyne and Wear Metro.

  8. Flyover demolition 'could take a year'

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    The closure has caused significant travel disruption on Tyneside, including the suspension of the Tyne and Wear Metro under the area over Christmas. ... In Other News. Entertainment.

  9. Tyne and Wear Metrocar - Wikipedia

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    The Metro fleet was initially painted in a two-tone livery of cadmium yellow and white that matched the Metro station design and the livery of the Tyne and Wear bus fleet until 1986. In 1995, a new colour scheme was introduced - solid red, green or blue with a yellow wedge at each end and yellow triangles on the doors. [12]