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    Tyne and Wear Metro to face line closures over Easter

    Passengers on the Tyne and Wear Metro serving South Tyneside are advised to plan ahead and allow extra time for their journeys as a section of the lin…
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    Katherine Tweedy 18 March, 2026
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    Northumberland Park Northern Rail Station, Tyne and Wear

    New Northumberland railway station given green light

    Northumberland Park Station in North Tyneside has received the green light from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) and will open to passengers on Sunda…
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    Katherine Tweedy 19 February, 2026
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    Awesome Franks // Credit: Nexus

    New sandwich shop opens at Tyne & Wear Metro station

    Tyne and Wear Metro operator Nexus has welcomed what it calls "an exciting new business venture" at West Jesmond Metro station in Newcastle.
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    Janine Booth 26 October, 2025
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    retired Metro driver Lesley Williams and current Metro driver Jon Doughty with decommissioned Metro carriage 4067

    Metro employees watch as old carriages are recycled

    Metro has sent some of its decommissioned trains to a yard in County Durham to undergo breakage work.
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    Emma Holden 7 October, 2025
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    Metro Carriage 4019

    Metro Carriage 4019 Donated to Local Fire and Rescue

    To help support their training, the Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service (TWFRS) have received a decommissioned Metro train.
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    Victoria Thompson 18 September, 2025
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    The glass canopy at Whitley Bay station. // Credit: Nexus

    Restoration of listed glass canopy at Tyne & Wear Metro station is complete

    Work to restore the glass canopy over Whitley Bay station on the Tyne & Wear Metro has finally been completed.
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    Roger Smith 21 March, 2025
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    Metro POP real time information. // Credit: Nexus

    Tyne & Wear App gets real time train information

    Nexus has upgraded its Pop app. to include a new digital map that shows the location of Tyne & Wear Metro trains in real time.
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    Roger Smith 30 January, 2025
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    A new Stadler Class 555 train begins its daytime test run on the Tyne and Wear Metro.

    New fares for the Tyne and Wear Metro

    A new fare structure being introduced in July for the Tyne & Wear Metro and Shields Ferry will require customers to switch to Pop Pay As You Go.
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    Roger Smith 29 January, 2025
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    Cullercoats station footbridge

    Metro station footbridge reopens after £570,000 project

    Nexus has announced the completion of a major project to refurbish Metro station's historic footbridge in North Tyneside.
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    Janine Booth 17 April, 2024
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    New Tyne and Wear Metro Train

    First test run for new Tyne and Wear Metro train on Sunderland line

    Tyne and Wear Metro's new trains have passed an important milestone, as a train successfully completed its first test run along the Sunderland line.
    janine
    Janine Booth 5 July, 2023
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