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Nexus staff join with bus company staff, police and NHS to support Hate Crime Awareness
Nexus supports new hate crime awareness campaign
Being you is not a crime. Targeting you is. That is the clear message reverberating around our region after Northumbria Police joined forces with North East’s transport companies and the NHS. Hundreds of posters aimed at tackling hate crime are being displayed on buses, the Tyne and Wear Metro and…
The Stadler team in the new depot signal box
Multi-million pound control suite opens at new Gosforth Metro depot
A multi-million pound signalling control suite has been switched on for the first time at Gosforth Metro depot as part of the countdown to the new fleet entering service for customers.  The newly built facility will be used by Stadler to safely manage Metro train movements between the depot and the…
Miss Rory
Drag star Miss Rory wows on Metro in the countdown to Pride festivals
A popular north east comedian has taken her side-splitting comedy act on the Tyne and Wear Metro, wowing customers and staff as part of the countdown to this year’s Northern Pride and Sunderland Pride festivals. Miss Rory, host at Newcastle’s Boulevard Show Bar, got glammed up in a sequined one-…
Northumbria University Business Clinic students Nathan Binns, George Dawson, Ella Craggs and Elliot Cowie with David Turton and Matt Godwin of Nexus
Students launch green awareness campaign for Metro
Nexus has teamed up with a group of talented business students to work out ways of promoting its green credentials to encourage more customers to use the Tyne and Wear Metro. The four students, who are all from the Business Clinic at Northumbria University, were tasked with capturing the Metro’s…
Steve Griffin with a Metro ticket machine in his workshop at Gosforth
Retirement’s just the ticket for Steve after a 43 year career at Metro
A long-serving transport worker is retiring after a 43 year career at Metro, three decades of which were spent looking after ticket machines. Steve Griffin has diligently kept Metro ticket machines in tip top condition since 1990, working across all 60 stations.  Steve, 64, of Whickham, will bring…
Haymarket Metro station
Update on Haymarket Metro station
An update on Haymarket Metro station:  Metro Infrastructure Director, Stuart Clarke, said: “Haymarket Metro station is scheduled to re-open fully for customers at the beginning of July. “I can confirm that the station is going to remain exit only until that time, while we complete the refurbishment…
Nexus Project Manager Simon Manley and stained glass artist Cate Watkinson with the art work at Monkseaton Metro station
Metro stained glass art work set for major restoration scheme
Colourful stained glass art works which have adorned a North Tyneside Metro station for 40 years are to be restored to their former glory.  The ‘Beach & Shipyards’ installation, which bookends the historic canopy at Monkseaton Metro station with iconic designs in stained glass, is to be…
The Teddy Bear Cabinet carriage cards on Metro
Baby centred art project is showcased on Metro trains
A new art project which offers thoughtful tips and information for new parents is being showcased on the Tyne and Wear Metro.  Metro customers will be treated to a series of artworks under the banner of ‘The Teddy Bear Cabinet: Please Mind the Gap’.  The images feature teddy bears made from baby…
The panel room at the new Stadler Metro depot
New signalling technology to be installed at Gosforth Metro depot
A new signalling system is to be installed at the £70m Gosforth Metro depot as the state-of-the-art facility continues to get ready for the new train fleet.  Nexus, the public body which owns and manages Metro, said the work was vital for ahead of more new trains arriving, and the first one…
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