One year on from the first new Tyne and Wear Metro train entering service, the target of having half of the fleet operating before the end of the year has now been achieved. It marks another significant milestone for the £362m project, which is transforming the Tyne and Wear Metro for customers and its workforce. […]
Category: Light Rail
Driver training on the new Metro train fleet is completed
Driver training on the new Tyne and Wear Metro fleet has been successfully completed – marking another major milestone for the £362m project. More than 200 members of Metro train crew, including drivers and operations managers, have undertaken the intensive training programme. Metro operator Nexus confirmed today, Tuesday 16 December, that the final group of […]
Plans progress for expansion of Greater Manchester’s tram and train network
Transport leaders have confirmed a pipeline of ‘rapid transit’ schemes for the future, with funding signed off by the Bee Network Committee earlier this week and the plans discussed by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority on Friday 22 August. Launched as part of the Greater Manchester Strategy in July, the Mayor and local council leaders […]
Work gets underway on Mayor’s Metro ticket gate investment
A new £2.1m project to install the first new automatic ticket gates on the Tyne and Wear Metro in more than ten years is now underway, following investment by North East Mayor Kim McGuinness to make the network safer. Nexus, the public body which runs Metro, is carrying out the first phase of the project […]