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Passengers enjoy some 1950s nostalgia in Gateshead
Passengers at Gateshead Interchange have taken a nostalgic trip back to the 1950s, thanks to Beamish Museum. A replica living room from a typical semi-detached 1950s home was set up in the bus concourse at Gateshead. Beamish is asking people who live in 1950s semi-detached houses across the region…
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Price cut boosts Metro Gold Card sales
Metro Gold Card sales have almost doubled since the price was cut from £25 to £12. The cost of a Gold Card, which offers discounted Metro travel to pensioners and people with disabilities, was halved from 1 April last year. The new price has prompted an extra 24,000 sales over the last nine months…
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Gateshead Interchange hosts World War I exhibit
Gateshead Interchange hosting to a digital art installation which provides a contemporary insight into the effect of the First World War on the people of Tyne and Wear. Parade Ground, by the digital artist Guy Schofield, is a large-scale video exhibit projected on to a set of temporary…
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Metro modernisation: South Gosforth to Haymarket
Nexus, which owns, manages and is modernising the Tyne and Wear Metro, is to carry out a series of modernisation works on Metro’s busiest section of line between South Gosforth and Haymarket in Newcastle. The work, which forms part of the £389m Metro: all change modernisation programme, will see a…
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Young carers display artwork at Gateshead Interchange
A series of thought-provoking posters reflecting the challenges which are faced by young carers have gone on display at Gateshead Interchange. Each poster, drawn by the children themselves, details the range of emotions they face in their daily lives while caring for members of their family who are…
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Two North East travel projects shortlisted for national awards
Two Tyne and Wear-based travel projects have been announced as finalists in a national awards ceremony which recognises the best marketing campaigns of the year. Go Smarter, the Tyne and Wear programme that promotes sustainable travel, and Nexus, the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive,…
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Metro's smart ticket system is voted the best in Europe
The Tyne and Wear Metro’s smartcard ticketing system has been voted the best in Europe. Nexus, which owns, manages and is modernising Metro, along with its main contractors Ecebs and Scheidt and Bachmann, won Best Smart Ticketing Service at the 2015 Transport Ticketing Awards in London. The award…
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Light blue colour scheme chosen for Central Station
Metro passengers have voted in their thousands and have chosen a vibrant light blue colour scheme for the new-look Central Station in Newcastle. More than 5,000 people voted after Nexus gave passengers a chance to have their say on the new colour scheme. Nexus, which owns, manages and is…
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Tickets gates are installed at Chichester
Nexus, which owns, manages and is modernising the Tyne and Wear Metro, has installed automatic ticket gates at Chichester Metro station in South Tyneside. The new ticket gates have been installed over the last two weeks and will be switched on in February. It will mean that the station will be…
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Apprentices get behind the wheel of a Metro vehicle
Nexus, which owns and manages the Tyne and Wear Metro, has given its new apprentices the chance to get first-hand experience of operating multi-million pound railway maintenance equipment. Ten first year apprentices, who are part of the three-year Nexus Apprenticeship Scheme, got the chance to…
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