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Public transport has a record-breaking day at the Great North Run
A record number of people used public transport at this year’s Great North Run, with local services clocking up 146,000 customer journeys – a rise of almost 20% in two years.  This new record figures for Metro, bus and the Shields Ferry shows the success of the partnership between Nexus and…
Charles McManus gets a hug from mum at the finish line
Teen runs to every Metro station in a single day
A teenager has completed an epic ultra marathon, running to all 60 stations on the Tyne and Wear Metro system in a single day.  Charles McManus, 18, from North Shields, took on the 77-mile challenge in memory of his father. The epic run charted the same route as the Metro map, taking in the…
Publicity photo: Pictured are: Steven Welsh, Candidate Engagement Manager Zenith Training, Beckie Docherty, Marketing Manager Zenith Training, Gillian Dickinson Employer Adviser at DWP South Shields Job Centre, Head of Learning at Nexus Maureen Askew and Metro Station Delivery Manager Lynne Dickinson.
Nexus puts jobseekers on the path to employment in South Tyneside
We're putting jobseekers in South Tyneside on the pathway to employment through workplace training.  The Sector Work Academy Programme (SWAP) will create new opportunities for people who are out of work to secure frontline customer service roles on the Tyne and Wear Metro.  SWAP aims to…
Charles McManus with a Metro route map
Runner to take on a Metro marathon in the memory of his dad
A teenager from North Tyneside is taking on the epic challenge of running the full length of the Metro system in a single day to raise cash for charity.  Charles, of North Shields, is running in memory of his dad, David, who died in 2017, with all of the proceeds going to St Oswald’s Hospice…
Pensioner Alan Pollard at Tynemouth Metro station
Pensioner, 82, completes epic Metro route walk
A North Tyneside pensioner has put his best foot forward and walked the entire length of the Metro system - at the age of 82.  Alan Pollard, of Whitley Bay, completed the epic 75-mile trek by charting the same route as the iconic Tyne and Wear Metro map.  He came up with the idea as a…
Margaret Calvert at Jesmond Metro station in April 2024
Prestigious award for the woman who designed the Metro logo
The pioneering graphic designer who created the Tyne and Wear Metro logo has been honoured with a prestigious award.  Huge congratulations to Margaret Calvert who has picked up the prestigious Type Directors Club Medal in New York yesterday.  This award recognises individuals who have…
The Transport Infrastructure Ireland team on their visit to Gosforth Metro depot stand in front of the new building
Irish transport team visit Gosforth Metro Depot
We have welcomed a delegation from the Republic of Ireland on a fact-finding visit as Dublin prepares to build its very first Metro system.  A team from Transport Infrastructure Ireland travelled to the new £70m Gosforth Metro Depot to observe the facilities, features, layout, and find out…
Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Susan Dungworth with police officers at Byker Metro station
Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner visits Metro
The new Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Susan Dungworth has taken a trip on the Tyne and Wear Metro to observe policing and security measures on the system.  The PCC travelled through North Tyneside and Newcastle on Saturday evening, 17 August, along with officers from the…
Tom from the Tyneside Mandolin Orchestra at Jesmond Metro station
Metro inspires a Geordie version of a classic country music song
The Tyne and Wear Metro is the inspiration behind a new Geordie version of a classic country music song.  The energising track, ‘I’ve been everywhere’, has been playfully reworked by a local mandolin group, with its toe-tapping lyrics swapping a journey across North America for a ride on the…
Area Controller Darren Armitage and Customer Service Operations Manager Kev Leonard with the new defibrillator at South Shields Transport Interchange .
Defibrillator installed at South Shields Transport Interchange
A life-saving defibrillator has been installed at South Shields Transport Interchange.  The device, known as a defib, has been mounted in the Metro concourse in a special protective case and is registered on the National Defibrillator Network.  We've invested in the new defibrillator for…

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