Workers at the Tyne and Wear Metro Depot are getting ready to say a final farewell to their old trains. The maintenance teams at Gosforth have spent decades repairing, improving and tending to the original Metro fleet, helping the trains to remain workhorses of the tracks ever since they came into service in 1980. But […]
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Metro’s original train fleet nears the end of its time in service
The Tyne and Wear Metro’s old trains are entering their final weeks in service, as the region gets ready to say an historic farewell to a fleet which transformed the face of local public transport. Metro operator Nexus is announcing today, Tuesday 2 June, the original trains are close to being phased out, after being part of everyday […]
New Mid Cornwall Metro services deliver 25 per cent rise in rail journeys
Between Sunday 17 May and Saturday 23 May, Great Western Railway (GWR) saw 726 more journeys than over the same period in 2025. This included 429 additional journeys on the Saturday alone. A special celebration event was held at Newquay today (Monday 1 June) to mark the successful first phase introduction of MCM and the […]
Metro control room upgrade is successfully completed
A multi-million-pound upgrade of the Tyne and Wear Metro control room has been successfully completed, providing it with some of the most advanced technology in the railway industry. The £8.8 million project has involved the complete renewal of a system which manages key parts of Metro’s infrastructure, including the high voltage power supply. The Supervisory […]
Olympia partners with TfL to fund additional peak time Mildmay line services
Olympia, London’s newest entertainment destination, is funding 16 extra peak‑time services per weekday on the Mildmay line between Clapham Junction and Shepherd’s Bush More frequent services will reduce journey times and provide increased capacity to support rising demand on this part of the line Additional shuttle services will depart from Clapham Junction platform 17, with three services in the […]
Tributes paid to mastermind of the Tyne and Wear Metro
Tributes have been paid to Professor Tony Ridley, the mastermind of the Tyne and Wear Metro, who has passed away aged 92. Prof Ridley, who was originally from Sunderland, was the main driver of the Metro project in its early years, and without his leadership it may never have come to fruition. As a respected […]