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Metro wins Project of the Year and Best Customer Initiative Awards.
Success at 2010 UK Light Rail Awards for Haymarket station transformation and 100 days Clean Up campaign The Tyne and Wear Metro was honoured this week at the annual UK Light Rail Awards, winning Project of the Year and Best Customer Initiative categories. The annual ceremony, held in London…
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New user group for public transport launched.
A new independent voice for public transport is being launched later this month. The Tyne and Wear Public Transport User Group will hold a first meeting on Thursday, 21 October, at Gateshead Civic Centre at 7pm. The group is entirely independent of Nexus, but Nexus has offered to help the…
Nighttime working.
Nexus introduces new system for Metro nighttime working information
Nexus, which owns, manages and is modernising the Metro system, has improved the way it communicates information about night time engineering work to its neighbours. Information about maintenance works taking place during the early hours of the morning is now available in three different ways – via…
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Bus consultation feedback published.
Nexus has published initial feedback from its consultation into the future of local bus links on its website. This breaks down in detail the hundreds of responses local people sent in to Nexus plans to change the network of bus services it subsidises, about 10% of the whole network in Tyne and Wear…
Spirit of the Tyne Ferry
Ferry skipper nets £3,000 for Help for Heroes
Ferry skipper nets £3,000 for Help for Heroes Shields Ferry skipper Bob Paterson has managed to raise £3,000 for the Help for Heroes charity.  Bob organised a coffee morning on board the ferry and a special evening river cruise with all of the proceeds going to the popular charity, which…
Four Lane Ends
Resurfacing at Four Lane Ends - advice for passengers
Work is expected to take eight weeks and during this time bus services 1, 18, 32, 32A, 62 and 63 will have to call at nearby stops, instead of the interchange. Please see the attached poster for information on where your bus will call, or look out for information at the station. We apologise for…
Sunderland launch
£7m Sunderland Station transformation complete.
Sunderland Council leader Paul Watson has pressed the button to launch a unique new light artwork – marking the completion of a £7 million project to modernise Sunderland station’s platforms. The £7m refurbishment, led by Nexus with the support of station owner Network Rail and station manager…
Tynemouth castle
Metro digs the outdoors this weekend!
After a sadly soggy August, September looks set to give us a few rays of sunshine, so Metro has decided to make the most out of the outdoors and is encouraging all passengers to shake down their walking shoes, trainers or even welly’ boots and head out for a good ol’ ramble this weekend to blow…
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Haymarket Bus Station works: Important information for passengers
Bus passengers are being advised there will be some service disruption at Haymarket Bus Station in Newcastle during the £1m roof replacement, starting on Monday, 6 September. The work, by Newcastle City Council involves replacing the roof and an internal makeover, will mean that some bus…
Representatives from Nexus, Go North East, Stagecoach and South Tyneside Council
South Tyneside Better Bus Network launched
Nexus and South Tyneside Council have signed formal Partnership Agreements with two bus companies underpinning a Better Bus Network in South Tyneside. The separate agreements, one signed with Stagecoach North East and one with Go North East, set out the terms of two voluntary partnerships which…

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