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Metro ranked among the UK’s leading train operators
The Tyne and Wear Metro has been shortlisted for Train Operator of the Year at the UK’s most prestigious rail awards ceremony. This is the second year running that Metro has reached the shortlist at the HSBC Rail Business Awards, competing against the likes of Eurostar, London Underground and First…
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North East takes step forward on smart card plans.
Nexus is to work together with bus operators across North East England to develop the region’s first smart ticketing technology for public transport. The plans would see passengers able to travel anywhere from the Scottish border to the Tees Valley using a single ‘intelligent’ card in place of cash…
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Metro passenger numbers soar at Manors Station.
Metro passenger numbers at Manors station have soared since a new university campus opened opposite the station. Nexus, which, owns, manages and is modernising Metro, says passenger numbers were up 40% between September and November 2008 compared to the previous year. More than 107,000 passengers…
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Nexus and South Tyneside Council extend community bus services.
Two new community bus routes in South Tyneside will give neighbourhoods direct links to local supermarkets. A new Saturday bus will run from Jarrow’s Hill Park estate to Asda in Boldon at 10am, taking in Duchess Crescent off York Avenue on the way. A second Saturday bus will run from Brockley Whins…
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One of Newcastle’s best loved bus route bags a £2.5m makeover.
Seventeen new buses have been launched into service along Newcastle’s popular route 1. Local bus operator, Stagecoach North East has invested £2.5m in the new Enviro 400 double deck, low floor vehicles to further enhance its fleet operating in the city centre. The new vehicles are the most advanced…
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New Nexus bus for South Hylton and Pennywell
  Nexus has stepped in to provide an evening and Sunday bus for South Hylton and Pennywell in Sunderland. New route 8X community bus links residential areas win South Hylton with the Metro station and centre of nearby Pennywell. The 16-seat minibus will run every 30 minutes from 7pm Monday to…
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Sunderland station gets an escalator.
Sunderland’s city centre railway station has its first ever escalator – thanks to Nexus. The new escalator was in use for the first time on Monday, December 4, giving passengers an easier route up to street level. Nexus installed the escalator as part of a £6.9 million refurbishment of the 129-year…
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Metro appoints new Head of Infrastructure and Engineering.
Phil Kirkland, who was part of the team that assisted with the design and construction of Metro in the late 1970s, has been promoted internally after returning to the organisation in 2007. He brings with him over 35 years of railway industry experience. Based at Metro’s operational base in South…
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Nexus news Winged, silver living stunning Silver Arrows services.
At 11am on Thursday, October 30 in Market Square, Sunderland, two winged living statues – glistening in silver from head to toe and bearing bows and arrows - will herald the arrival of Go North East’s brand new Mercedes bus services – the Silver Arrows. The brand new, sleek, sliver buses offer a…

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