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Comic book artist Mike Duckett drawing Metro staff on a ticket gateline

Artist to create special comic to celebrate the ‘superheroes’ who work on Metro

16 May 2022

A specially stylised comic book is being produced to celebrate the work of frontline staff on the Tyne and Wear Metro. Local artist Mike Duckett is drawing the 40-page comic in homage to the ‘everyday superheroes’ who undertake customer service and revenue protection roles on Metro. Mike, an…

Get your career on track with a Nexus apprenticeship

12 May 2022

Nexus is looking for nine new apprentices for positions across their business. The apprenticeships are all Level 3, and successful applicants will start in autumn 2022. Five new recruits will work in Metro Infrastructure, in signalling, track engineering and electrical technical roles. Two…

HM Queen opens Sunderland Metro line, May 7, 2002

Pride at bringing Metro to Sunderland – and memories of the Royal opening

7 May 2022

A former Metro boss has spoken of his pride at expanding the network to Sunderland, and has recounted the memorable day when the Queen visited Wearside to officially open the new line. Mike Parker, who was the Director General of Nexus for 12 years from 1994 to 2006, oversaw the £100m…

Joint statement - Nexus and Northumbria Police - on anti-social behaviour on Metro

4 May 2022

Nexus, the public body which owns and manages the Tyne and Wear Metro, and Northumbria Police have issued a joint statement in light of a major incident on Saturday 30 April, where a group of youths threw a shopping trolley at a moving train from the footbridge at Monkseaton Metro station in North…

Watch: That Metro Guy, Episode 3 - Gosforth Depot

3 May 2022

The third episode of That Metro Guy goes behind the scenes of the new Gosforth Metro depot to find out how the £70m project is nearing completion. He was shown around the depot construction site, which will soon be a modern new home for the new Tyne and Wear Metro train fleet. Watch the…

Artists impression of what the new Sunderland station will look like

Sunderland station entrance closes as part of £26m revamp

28 April 2022

Sunderland's southern rail station entrance will be closed from May 2 as major work gets underway to transform the city’s main transport hub. Passengers travelling from the main entrance of the station are being asked to use the northern entrance on Union Street to access Sunderland’s central…

Stadler starts production of the wheel sets for Metro’s new train fleet

27 April 2022

A key milestone has been reached in the production of the Tyne and Wear Metro‘s new train fleet, with work getting underway on the all-important wheel sets. Stadler, the Swiss train manufacturer which is building 46 new trains on behalf of Metro’s operator Nexus, has started the manufacturing…

Four artists to create major new works for Tyne and Wear Metro trains

20 April 2022

Four artists have each won a unique commission to create major works for the interior of the Tyne and Wear Metro’s £362m new train fleet. Metro will be the first urban transit system in the world to feature permanent art inside trains when the new fleet enters service next year, thanks to a project…

New exhibition celebrates the story of the Tyne and Wear Metro

19 April 2022

A new exhibition which celebrates the history of the Tyne and Wear Metro got underway this week. The event, called Metro Memories, is being held at The Common Room on Westgate Road in Newcastle, 19 April – 7 May, 10am-4pm. The exhibition will explore what Metro means to the people and to the…

Easter treat for local food bank

15 April 2022

North East charity Feeding Families has benefitted from a donation of £5000, following a year of fundraising efforts by Nexus employees. The money was officially handed over at a cheque presentation, at a Feeding Families warehouse and distribution centre in Blaydon, Gateshead. Employees of Nexus…