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Steam specials celebrate 175th anniversary for the world’s oldest Metro line

7 May 2014

Metro and museum bosses have teamed up to celebrate the 175th anniversary of suburban railways on Tyneside – among the oldest in the world. June 2014 marks 175 years since the opening of a line which still forms part of the modern day Tyne and Wear Metro system – the Newcastle and North Shields…

Staff star in new advertising campaign to promote £389m Metro all change modernisation programme

28 April 2014

Metro staff are on track to stardom with a new advertising campaign launched to highlight the ongoing £389m Metro: all change modernisation programme. Nexus, which owns and manages Metro, and DB Regio, the company which operates Metro trains on behalf of Nexus, have got their staff starring in the…

Passenger fined £300 for obstructing a Metro train's doors

24 April 2014

A man has been fined £300 for obstructing the doors of a Metro train, causing a delay to the service. Stephen Cullen, 55, of Buttermere Grove in Oldham has pleaded guilty to obstructing the doors on a Metro train, at Byker station on March 2, 2014. He appeared at Court on April 16 and was…

Tributes to the man who built the Metro system

22 April 2014

Nexus has paid tribute to a former director general who oversaw the construction and opening of the Metro system in the late 70s and early 1980s. Desmond Fletcher, who was from Whitley Bay, headed up the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive (PTE) for seven years, from 1976 to 1983.…

Metro Gold Card price cut prompts increased sales

16 April 2014

A cut in the cost of Metro travel for elderly and disabled passengers has sparked an increase in sales. Nexus, which owns and manages the Tyne and Wear Metro, has been inundated with thousands of applications for Metro Gold Cards following the introduction of a price cut from April 1. The cost of a…

Metro travel is now being sold at over 400 shops across the region

14 April 2014

Tyne and Wear Metro travel is now available to buy from over 400 retail outlets across the region using a smartcard. Nexus, which owns and manages Metro, has announced a tie up with the consumer payments network, Payzone. This means that Metro customers can buy Metro season tickets using a Pop card…

Nexus begins supplemental consultation on Quality Contracts Scheme proposal

9 April 2014

Nexus has today (9 April) opened a short period of supplemental consultation as it moves to complete a proposal for the UK’s first bus Quality Contracts Scheme. The Quality Contracts Scheme proposal is aimed at halting a long-term decline in the number of people using local buses and…

Fines for two men who obstructed Metro train doors

7 April 2014

Two people have been fined for obstructing the doors of a Metro train, causing a delay to the service. Steven Richardson, 32 of Holly Avenue, Wallsend, and Glenn Smith, 26, of Ridley Terrace, Gateshead, have both been proven guilty to obstructing the doors on a Metro train, at Wallsend on January…

Metro Gold Card halved in price, with a new and more convenient way to pay via Payzone

31 March 2014

Nexus has halved the cost of Metro travel for elderly and disabled passengers – and it’s now even easier to pay thanks to a new tie up with Payzone UK, a leading consumer payments network. The cost of a Metro Gold Card has been reduced from £25 to £12 from Tuesday 1 April. The price of a Gold Card…

Nexus begins trialling Pay As You Go Metro travel

26 March 2014

Nexus, which owns, manages and is modernising the Tyne and Wear Metro system, has begun trialling the Metro’s first ever Pay As You Go smart ticket products. The ‘Pay As You Go’ pilot was launched by the Chairman of the Tyne and Wear ITA, Cllr David Wood on Tuesday 25 March. A new-look purple Pop…