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Metro teams up with local attractions for the Easter holidays
Tyne and Wear Metro is encouraging families to get out and about during the Easter holidays, and is offering a range of special offers to explore the wealth of attractions across the region. A host of popular North East attractions have teamed up with Metro to offer customers exclusive deals during…
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Nexus resumes direct operation of Metro services
Nexus has resumed direct operation of services on the Tyne and Wear Metro. Operator DB Regio, which had run services on behalf of Nexus since April 2010, came to the end of its operating contract at 2am on Saturday 1 April. Managing Director of Nexus, Tobyn Hughes, said: “I am looking forward to…
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Lucy travels to new business heights with Go Smarter Ways into Work
Young apprentice Lucy Frost is aiming high in business, thanks to a new initiative from Go Smarter Ways into Work. Lucy, 18, from Heaton in Newcastle, has been able to access a Business Administration Level 2 Apprenticeship at Barnado’s Palmersville Training, thanks to a partnership between…
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Nexus appoints a new Customer Services Director
Nexus, the public body which owns and manages the Tyne and Wear Metro, has appointed a new Customer Services Director. Huw Lewis will take up his new role as a director on 1 April. Huw, 45, of Mickley in Northumberland, will be responsible for providing strategic vision and clear direction for the…
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Nexus appoints a new Metro Services Director
Nexus has appointed a new Metro Services Director with more than 20 years of experience in the UK railway industry. Chris Carson will lead the Metro workforce and oversee the operation of trains and stations within a wholly-owned Nexus subsidiary. He brings a wealth of experience to the role,…
£6m refurbishment of Metro's Newcastle Central Station completed
The £6m revamp of Metro's Newcastle Central Station has been successfully completed, transforming a key regional gateway. The station, which is used by 5.3m people a year, has undergone a major redevelopment over the last 18 months, offering passengers a brighter, cleaner, and more modern Metro…
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Spirit of the Tyne celebrates ten years of service
The newer of the River Tyne’s two passenger ferries is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Spirit of the Tyne was officially named by Her Royal Highness Princess Anne at South Shields Ferry landing on March 1, 2007. Nexus, the public body which owns and operates the cross-Tyne Shields Ferry,…
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Watch a Metro ride captured on time lapse video
A Metro time lapse video has brilliantly framed a daily journey through South Tyneside. The video was shot on by a member of Nexus staff using just an iPhone on the 8.6km stretch of line between Hebburn and South Shields. It captures what should be a 20 minute Metro ride. But speeded up via time…
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Metro track replacement: St James - Chillingham Road
Nexus, the public body which owns and manages the Tyne and Wear Metro, is to carry out a major programme of track modernisation in Newcastle. The project will involve the replacement of a 3.8km section of Metro line that runs east to west beneath Newcastle city centre. The tracks which traverse…
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Metro customers have their say on a new fleet of trains
Tyne and Wear Metro passengers have given a thumbs-up to London Underground-style linear seating when new trains are introduced to the system in the years ahead. More than 3,000 people took part in the biggest ever consultation exercise on Metro trains, organised by Nexus as it completes the…
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