Metro: all change is a £385m programme to modernise the system over the next decade.
Metro carries 41 million passengers a year and is a key part of the region’s economy – but 30 years after it opened many elements are near the point of failing, and must be urgently renewed.
This means there will be significantly more engineering work on Metro than our passengers may be used to. While Nexus will try to minimise the impact, regular closures of sections of line, particularly at weekends, are inevitable.
This page contains details of forthcoming engineering work so you can plan ahead. For current works passengers should click on ‘Metro updates’ on our home page. Replacement bus services will operate whenever Metro is suspended.
For details of night-time engineering works which will not disrupt the train service, but may affect our neighbours, click here.
Forthcoming works
- February 2011 to spring 2012 - North Shields station is being rebuilt, including improved concourses and waiting areas and new lifts. The station remains open, but with temporary alternative entrances.
- April to December 2011 - Modernisation of Chillingham Road, Howdon, and Meadow Well stations.
- Summer/autumn 2012 (estimated) - Major Line Closure, Byker to Tynemouth.
- Autumn 2012 - Central station modernisation begins.