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Speculative drawing of a new Metro train

17 October 2019

Tobyn Hughes, Managing Director of Nexus, gave the following update on our programme to get new trains for Metro last month, at a meeting of the North East Joint Transport Committee (Tyne and Wear Sub Committee) on 19 September. We are posting it again following continued speculation about this…

Nexus plans for a new Metro train fleet

18 September 2019

Nexus, the public body which owns and manages the Tyne Wear Metro, today issued the following statement about its programme to order a £362m new train fleet. The procurement of our new fleet is an ongoing process, and we have made no decision about who might be awarded the contract to design and…

Spades in the ground at the new depot site in Howdon

Work starts on a temporary Metro depot in North Tyneside

11 July 2019

Nexus, the public body which owns and manages the Tyne and Wear Metro, has started work on the construction of a temporary train depot in North Tyneside – which is to be used for the delivery of a new Metro train fleet. The temporary depot, which is to be located on a former landfill site in Howdon…

South Shields Metro station closes to make way for new transport interchange

5 July 2019

A station on the Tyne and Wear Metro is to be permanently closed for the first time in the network’s 39 year history. South Shields Metro station, opened in 1984, closes on Monday, 8 July, to make way for the town’s new £21m bus and Metro interchange. The station on King Street, featured in a song…

Nexus wins approval to build a temporary Metro depot in North Tyneside

27 November 2018

Nexus, the public body which owns and manages the Tyne and Wear Metro, has won approval to build a temporary train maintenance depot in North Tyneside. The new depot, which is to be located on a former landfill site on Wallsend Road in Howdon, will be used as a maintenance facility for some of the…

Five bidders invited to negotiate to build a new Metro fleet

17 September 2018

Transport Executive Nexus today announced the five bidders shortlisted to design, build and maintain a new fleet of trains for the Tyne and Wear Metro. Nexus, the public body which owns and manages Metro, has begun detailed negotiations with all five, to be narrowed down to a single preferred…

Cllr Iain Malcolm and workers next to the new steel work of the new bus and Metro interchange

South Shields' £21m transport interchange starts to take shape

28 August 2018

The new £21m transport interchange in South Shields town centre is starting to take shape. The steel skeleton of the new facility, which will house a modern bus station and relocated Metro station to the south of Keppel Street, is now in place. Construction of the interchange, which forms Phase Two…

Watch: timelapse video of £12m Metro control room revamp

21 August 2018

The Tyne and Wear Metro control room has undergone a £12m programme of modernisation – the biggest upgrade in its 38 year history. Nexus, the public body which owns and manages Metro, has installed a new computerised signalling control system in the Metro control room in South Gosforth in Newcastle…

Metro features in the Great Exhibition of the North

7 August 2018

The Tyne and Wear Metro is being showcased all this week at the Great Exhibition of the North. Metro’s past, present and future is brought to life at the Great North Engineering Experience, at the historic Mining Institute in Neville Hall, close to Newcastle’s central station. Staff from Nexus, the…

First spades in the ground on site in South Shields

Work starts on £8.4m Nexus Learning Centre in South Shields

24 July 2018

Work has started on the construction of an £8.4m Nexus Learning Centre in South Shields town centre. Nexus, the public body which owns and manages the Tyne and Wear Metro, is building a bespoke facility to deliver a wide range of rail infrastructure and operations training. It will also provide…