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  • £6m refurbishment of Metro's Newcastle Central Station completed

     13 March 2017
    The £6m revamp of Metro's Newcastle Central Station has been successfully completed, transforming a key regional gateway. The station, which is used by 5.3m people a year, has undergone a major redevelopment over the last 18 months, offering passengers a brighter, cleaner, and more modern Metro...
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    The future of Metro and light rail services in North East England

     7 July 2016
    The North East Combined Authority’s vision for transport in the region includes ambitious plans to invest in Metro and explore how expansion of our region’s rail networks could be achieved. In the attached document we provide a broader policy context for part of that vision: the business cases for...
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    Metro bridge works completed in South Tyneside

     17 December 2015
    Nexus, which owns, manages and is modernising the Tyne and Wear Metro, has completed a £1.1m project to strengthen and protect three Metro bridges in South Tyneside. The project has seen new crash barriers installed to prevent the bridges from sustaining structural damage if any are hit by a car or...
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    New contractor to deliver Metro modernisation works

     17 December 2015
    Nexus, which owns and manages the Tyne and Wear Metro, has appointed TXM Rail to carry out a range of large scale Metro modernisation projects over the next four years. TXM, a division of TXM Plant, has won the tender to deliver major track replacement schemes on the Metro system as part of the on-...
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    View our latest newsletter for stakeholders

     16 November 2015
    Click on the link below to view the latest copy of Nexus Matters, our stakeholder newsletter. Discover the new way to travel with Pop Pay As You Go smart cards Meet our new apprentices See the impact of Metro: all change modernisation in graphics and pictures
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    Works completed at Gateshead Stadium and Felling

     13 November 2015
    Nexus, which owns, manages and is modernising the Tyne and Wear Metro, has completed a programme of modernisation work at Felling and Gateshead Stadium Metro stations. The work, which forms part of the £389m, Metro: all change modernisation programme, has seen both Metro stations given a fresh new...
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    Metro modernisation reaches the halfway stage

     30 September 2015
    A striking new infographic tells the story so far behind the £389m modernisation of the Tyne and Wear Metro system. Nexus, which owns Metro and is delivering modernisation on behalf of the North East Combined Authority, has published the graphic to help explain the benefits to passengers, the...
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    £6m revamp of Central Station Metro gets underway

     7 September 2015
    Nexus has begun a £6m scheme to revamp the Metro ticket hall and platforms at Central Station in Newcastle as part of an ongoing programme of station modernisation work right across the Metro system. The work forms part of the £350m Metro all change modernisation programme, which has already seen...
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    Cullercoats Metro footbridge to close for six weeks

     4 August 2015
    Nexus, which owns, manages and is modernising the Tyne and Wear Metro, is to close the footbridge at Cullercoats Metro station for six weeks to allow for important strengthening work to be carried out. The footbridge will be closed to the public for six weeks from Monday, August 24. The essential...

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