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Nexus launches personalised Metro travel alerts on the Pop app
We’re delighted to announce a major new update to our Pop app that gives you personalised travel alerts.  This new feature on our app is designed to keep you in the know about the Tyne and Wear Metro service, straight on to your smartphone.  Once you’ve opted in, you’ll receive timely and…
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Temporary changes to the Shields Ferry timetable
The Shields Ferry will not be operating any evening crossings from Monday, 4 November, and this is likely to be in place for the next few months. We have to temporarily reduce our Ferry timetable due to unexpected challenges with crew availability. Our team are working hard to get this issue…
North East Mayor Kim McGuinness with local schoolchildren next to a bus
Kids Go Free offer returns to the bus network this October Half Term
North East families are in for a treat this Halloween, as the Kids Go Free offer extends to the bus network this October Half Term. The popular offer which makes travel more affordable for families is running once again from 26 October until 3 November, after North East Mayor Kim McGuinness brought…
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NHS workers showcase their poems on Metro
The Tyne and Wear Metro is hosting a new poetry exhibition to showcase writing by NHS workers.  These new works are a result of the first Newcastle Hospitals Charity writer-in-residence programme for Newcastle Hospitals staff, hosted in partnership with writing development agency for the North…
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Nexus’ National Poetry Day competition returns
Budding poets are invited to submit their entries to a poetry competition, with the chance of their work being displayed for thousands to read on a Tyne and Wear Metro station.  The competition, organised by Nexus, opens today, National Poetry Day, and closes on 17 October. This is the fourth…
Gerry and Sewell in the mocked up Metro carriage at Newcastle Theatre Royal
Replica Metro train is set to star at Newcastle Theatre Royal
A life-sized replica of a Tyne and Wear Metro train is set to wow audiences at Newcastle’s Theatre Royal this week.  The mocked-up Metro prototype, carriage 4001, in its familiar 1980s colour scheme, is the centrepiece for Gerry and Sewell - a play which tells the story of two Gateshead lads…
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Five-day major line closure on Metro south of the Tyne: 28 Oct - 1 Nov
A busy track junction on the Tyne and Wear Metro is to be completely replaced during a five-day major line closure, helping to future proof the service for many years to come. We need to renew the junction located at Pelaw – a key intersection and one of the busiest on the Metro system that carries…
A Metro station cube on display at the Concrete Dreams exhibition in Newcastle
Metro features in a new exhibition at Newcastle University
The Tyne and Wear Metro is featuring in a new exhibition which explores the radical urban transformations that changed the face of Tyneside. Concrete Dreams explores the ideas, personalities and political climate which transformed Newcastle into a modernist city. The immersive exhibition is being…
The group from Sense Ability Matters next to the new Metro train
Specialist users get familiar with the new Metro train
A charity which supports people with sight and hearing loss across Gateshead and South Tyneside has had a chance to experience the new Metro trains ahead of the first one entering service later this year.  Sense Ability Matters (SAM) took part in a familiarisation event on board the new…

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