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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 It was withdrawn in South Gosforth at about 08:00 GMT and had to be "reset" to resolve the fault.
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 ...
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.
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]
Network diagram of the Tyne and Wear Metro. The Tyne and Wear Metro is a light rail network linking South Tyneside and Sunderland with Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Newcastle Airport. The network opened in stages from 11 August 1980, and now serves 60 stations and 48 miles (77 km) of track.
The 2016 GRIP 2 study envisaged a project (at the time referred to as the Ashington, Blyth & Tyne Line), at an estimated cost of £191 million, [19] involving construction of new or reopened stations at Northumberland Park (for interchange with the Tyne and Wear Metro), either Seghill or Seaton Delaval, Newsham, Blyth Park & Ride, Bedlington ...
The Tyne and Wear Metrocars are a fleet of light rail vehicles manufactured by Metro-Cammell for the Tyne and Wear Metro in North East England between 1978 and 1981. For operation on Network Rail controlled tracks between Pelaw Junction and Sunderland , they are designated on TOPS as the British Rail Class 599 .
A metro train for St James arrives at Tynemouth station These stations were built prior to the Metro system, but have since been converted or re-built for Metro use. All except Sunderland now serve Metro trains only.