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A new Stadler Class 555 Metro train
Metro workers star on film to showcase the new trains
Metro workers are starring in a series of short films to help customers get to know the new Metro trains.  The films, which are being screened on the Tyne and Wear Metro’s social media channels, show members of the Metro fleet project team explaining the many modern features on board the new…
Rail YouTuber Geoff Marshall
Prolific rail YouTuber checks out the new Metro trains
The new Tyne and Wear Metro trains have been showcased by one of Britain’s most prolific YouTube railway content creators.  Geoff Marshall, who has hundreds of thousands of followers on his YouTube channel, Geoff Marshall - YouTube, took a trip on the new Stadler Metro train on Wednesday, 19…
The Metro carriage wash at Gosforth Metro depot as a new Stadler Class 555 Metro train goes through
New carriage wash is up and running at Gosforth Metro Depot
A special machine for washing the Tyne and Wear Metro train fleet is up and running at Gosforth Depot in Newcastle.  The carriage wash – which looks similar in appearance to a giant car wash – is capable of cleaning both the current and the new Metro trains.  Stadler, the Swiss train…
Nexus Managing Director Cathy Massarella and Leader of Sunderland City Council Cllr Michael Mordey with the new Metro train at South Hylton station in Sunderland
New Metro fleet enters customer service on the Sunderland line
A new Metro train has run in customer service between Sunderland and Newcastle International Airport for the first time, marking another important step in the roll out of the new fleet.  The new Stadler train made its debut on the Sunderland line on Tuesday 18 February, running between South…
The new Stadler Metro train
How the new Metro train fleet will be introduced
Here is how the Tyne and Wear Metro’s new £362m fleet of trains will be brought into customer service over the next two years:  The introduction of the new trains will happen in phases in what is the biggest project in Metro’s history.  Half of the 46 new trains which are on order from…
Metro drivers Jon Doughty and Chris Mongan
Metro drivers 'proud' to put the first new train into service
The Metro drivers who brought the first new train into customer service on Wednesday have spoken of their pride in playing a key role on an historic day for local public transport.  Long-serving drivers Jon Doughty and Chris Mongan are the Metro train crew who drove the new train with the…
The new Metro train enters service at Pelaw
Metro’s first new train enters customer service
Customers are travelling on the new Metro train fleet for the first time in an historic moment for public transport in North East England.  The first new Metro train entered service at 11.04am on Wednesday 18 December, operating between Pelaw and Monkseaton via Newcastle city centre.  It…
The group from Sense Ability Matters next to the new Metro train
Specialist users get familiar with the new Metro train
A charity which supports people with sight and hearing loss across Gateshead and South Tyneside has had a chance to experience the new Metro trains ahead of the first one entering service later this year.  Sense Ability Matters (SAM) took part in a familiarisation event on board the new…
The new Stadler Class 555 Tyne and Wear Metro train on test at Cullercoats
Stadler reaches the halfway stage in new Metro train fleet build
The £362m programme to build a new fleet of trains for the Tyne and Wear Metro has reached its half way stage.  Stadler, the Swiss train manufacturer, has now built 25 of the 46 trains that we have on order.  This latest landmark comes hot on the heels of the new Metro trains entering a…
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