Book Review: Rail Freight, Yorkshire and North East England by Paul Shannon
This book illustrates the changing pattern of freight traffic on the railways of Yorkshire and North East England during the last 40 years.
Tag: Tyne and Wear
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.
Book Review: British Industrial Railways 1960s – 1980s by John Glover
This book illustrates scenes of trains and locomotives in industrial settings throughout the UK, from Cornwall in southwest England to central Scotlan…
Sting hops on the Metro to collect his Freedom of North Tyneside award
Sting, the Wallsend-born musician, took a trip on the Tyne and Wear Metro from Monument to North Shields, to collect his Freedom of North Tyneside awa…
New Tyne & Wear Metro trains’ sidings completed at rebuilt Gosforth depot
Tyne and Wear Metro is nearing completion of its rebuild of its Gosforth Depot, with tracks installed in the stabling areas for all forty-six new Metr…
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.
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.
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.