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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…
Generic shot of Metro trains
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…
A Metro train
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…

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