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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.
Rail usage in the West of England doubled in the ten years between 1999 and 2009. [9] A campaign for a Greater Bristol Metro was launched in February 2012, [7] with plans prepared by engineering consultancy Halcrow Group. [10] [11] The scheme was estimated to cost £22 million at 2008/09 prices and could be completed between 2016 and 2021. [6]
During November 1991, the Tyne and Wear Metro was extended to Newcastle Airport at a cost of £12 million. [8] The new section of track, covering a distance of around 2.2 miles (3.5 km), continued along the alignment of the former Ponteland Railway, with two stations constructed at Callerton Parkway and Airport. [3] [28]
The West of England LEP's Option Development Report, published in 2016, outlined various possible routes for the new railway line: [12] A direct link to the airport from Bristol Temple Meads railway station, branching from the Bristol to Exeter line from Long Ashton, was considered to be a "fully segregated high quality link to the airport, which should provide short journey times" with "good ...
The Bristol bus station, in Marlborough Street, was opened in 1958. It was redeveloped in 2006 There are three main bus companies operating across the Greater Bristol area. They are First West of England, [1] Stagecoach South West and Big Lemon. They provide services around Bristol and into South Gloucestershire and North Somerset.
The Waterbury Branch is a branch of the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, running north from a junction in the Devon section of Milford to Waterbury, Connecticut. Originally built as the Naugatuck Railroad , it once continued north to Winsted .
The Airport Flyer (A1) operates a frequent service on one route from Bristol bus station, Bristol city centre and Temple Meads station to Bristol Airport, [20] operated by First West of England. The A4 runs from Bath to the airport and is operated by Bath Bus Company. In October 2018, the A1 service was re-routed along the guided busway in ...
Pallion Bridge (between South Hylton and Pallion): Proposed to be built when Ford Estate and the former Grove Cranes site are redeveloped for business and residential use, and the New Wear Bridge is completed, opening up new areas of patronage in the Castletown, Ford Estate, Hylton Riverside and Alexandra Park areas.