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Business case sets out bid to extend Metro to Washington
The first steps have been taken with a business case to support an extension of the Tyne and Wear Metro to Washington.  Transport North East has published the first steps of the business case, for approval by the North East Joint Transport Committee (JTC), for a new Metro connection from Pelaw…
A Metro train at Haymarket
Government increases the Metro penalty fare to £100 from January 2023
The penalty for fare evasion on the Tyne and Wear Metro will increase to £100 from January, the Government has confirmed.  The Department for Transport (DfT) said the penalty for rail fare evasion in England and Wales is to rise from £20 to £100 as of part a new effort to crackdown on…
A Metro station cube
New consultation gives customers a chance to shape the future of Metro
Tyne and Wear Metro customers are getting a new opportunity to shape the future of the service . Nexus, the public body which owns and manages Metro, has teamed up with Newcastle University’s Open Lab to give people a say on all aspects of life on Metro - fares, timetables, ticketing options,…
New Metro track in South Tyneside
Metro Flow project in South Tyneside reaches its halfway stage
A £104m track dualling project on the Tyne and Wear Metro in South Tyneside has reached its halfway stage, with the works on schedule and 3km of new line already in place.  Nexus, the public body which owns and manages Metro, said the Metro Flow works are going to plan and are on course to be…
Metro Customer Service Advisors with comiic book artist Mike Duckett showing off the new comic book about their roles
Special comic book celebrates the roles of frontline Metro workers
A specially stylised comic book has been published to celebrate the work of frontline staff on the Tyne and Wear Metro. Local artist Mike Duckett drew the 40-page comic – titled ‘Some people call us checkies’ - for the ‘everyday superheroes’ who undertake customer service and revenue protection…
Drone image of Sunderland station site - old station demolished
Demolition work is completed at Sunderland station
Sunderland station has vanished from the city's skyline, paving the way for work to start on the construction of a stunning new £26m regional gateway.  The southern entrance of Sunderland’s station is gone, with demolition work now complete, after getting started in the summer. The old…
Passengers on board a bus
Nexus steps in to maintain local bus service in north Newcastle
Nexus has stepped in to maintain a local bus service for communities in the north of Newcastle after the commercial operator of the route said it was withdrawing. The public body has let an emergency contract for a new bus route, the X46, which will operate hourly between Featherstone Grove in…
New Metro fleet artists - Bryony Simcox, Nocciola The Drawer, Sofia Barton, Sara Gibbeson
Four major new permanent artworks are unveiled for new Metro trains
Four major new artworks which are the first in the world to be commissioned for the inside of new Metro trains have been unveiled. Works by four different artists will appear on permanent display throughout the 46 new trains of the Tyne and Wear Metro system in North East England as a new fleet…
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