Crush-loaded Metro trains pass the Tyne and Wear quality test
New Stadler units for Tyne and Wear Metro have undergone crush-load tests to assess performance at full capacity.
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Metro Flow project wins award for outstanding engineering achievement
At the Global Light Rail Awards, Nexus' Metro Flow project came away with an award for outstanding engineering achievement.
Smartcards prompt over two million extra journeys on Tyne and Wear Metro
Tyne and Wear operator Nexus has revealed that young people have made more than 2.3 million Metro journeys with a smartcard.
Nexus seeks poems about ‘Journeys’ for competition
On National Poetry Day last Thursday (5 October), Nexus launched a competition for poems to be displayed on Longbenton Tyne and Wear Metro station.
Colourful Metro mural links history with hopes for the future
A colourful mural by Chad McCail at Millfield Metro station, Sunderland, celebrates the industrial past of the city as well as its cultural revival. �…
Whitley Bay Metro Station restoration project sees work resume once again
The £5.3m project at the North Tyneside metro station will continue following the appointment of a new construction contractor.
Tyne and Wear Metro’s extensive tests of its new train fleet
Nexus has been explaining the volume and complexity of tests it is carrying out on its new fleet of trains.
Flooding doesn’t stop Metro breaking records at Great North Run
During this year’s Great North Run, the Tyne and Wear Metro carried a record number of people with over 100,000 customers using the network.
Nexus’s Metro Flow project named Major Project of the Year at the National Rail Awards
The multi-million upgrade project is set to support the Tyne and Wear Metro's South Shields route, bringing improvements in reliability and frequency
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Fire fighters take time to inspect new Tyne and Wear Metro trains
Norther East fire-fighters are the latest blue light service to undergo familiarisation sessions ahead of the launch of the new Tyne and Wear Metro tr…