Find out more about the progress with the 23-day Metro line closure in this latest video clip which was shot at the Chillingham Road work site on 16 March.
The video shows the loading of the ballast which is needed for the replacement of the Metro rails between Byker and Tynemouth.
Projects are on target for completion with 18 days to go in the Major Line Closure.
Nexus, which owns, manages and is modernising Metro in a £385m programme, is modernising the Metro line between Byker and Tynemouth. The work means that the line has to be closed until Monday April 4.
Tracks will be replaced, stations modernised, bridges repaired, embankments strengthened and miles of new cables installed.
The work between Byker and Tynemouth will bring to £38m the amount Nexus has invested in modernising Metro in the current financial year alone.
Nexus is spending more than £500,000 per day on the upgrades during a 23-day line closure. Contractors will be employing up to 500 staff to work on the site right round the clock.
It is the largest renewal project on the Tyne and Wear Metro network since it was constructed in the late 1970s and early 1980s.