School trips by train instead of coach could benefit budgets
To save money on school trips, train operator Northern has suggested that schools should “Give up the coach and try us instead”.
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Cake-cutting ceremony celebrates 40 years of the Metro line on South Tyneside
A celebration to commemorate 40 years of the Tyne and Wear Metro operating on South Tyneside was held recently at South Shields Interchange.
£3.4 million track replacement programme to get underway for Tyne & Wear Metro tunnels
The scheme will see the renewal of a key junction renewed in the tunnel between Monument and Haymarket stations.
Tyne and Wear Metro to undergo major modernisation work in early 2024
The next three months will see a busy programme of modernisation work on the Tyne and Wear Metro, including track and overhead line renewal.
Video: Nexus unveils Mo Farah’s footprints at South Shields Interchange
Tyne and Wear Metro operator Nexus has unveiled permanent cast of Mo Farah’s footprints at South Shields Transport Interchange.
Tyne and Wear Metro’s new trains to have defibrillators on board
All 46 of Tyne and Wear Metro’s new fleet of Stadler trains are to have two life-saving defibrillators on board, one in each driver’s cab.
Part of the Tyne & Wear Metro to close for 12 weeks during dualling of single line
Part of the Tyne and Wear Metro will be closed for 12 weeks as part of the £104m Metro Flow project to convert stretches of single line to double tra…
Tyne & Wear Metro first railway in England to install tactile paving at every station
Tyne and Wear Metro are the first railway in England to install tactile paving on all platform edges in a bid to support blind and partially sighted p…