Emergency services get to know Stadler metro trains
UK: Tyne & Wear Metro operator Nexus is running sessions to familiarise the emergency services with its new Stadler trains ahead of their entry into passenger service.
Depot Personnel Protection System installed at Tyne & Wear Metro site
UK: Volker Fitzpatrick has installed a Zonegreen Depot Personnel Protection System on four roads and the wheel lathe at the Tyne & Wear Metro’s rebuilt Gosforth depot.
Swiss electrification technology used on Tyne & Wear Metro renewals
UK: Furrer+Frey is to renew overhead electrification equipment on the Tyne & Wear Metro network using a customised version of a design it developed for railways in Switzerland.
First Stadler Tyne & Wear Metro trainset delivered
UK: The first of the 46 Class 555 trainsets that Stadler is to supply for the Tyne & Wear Metro under a £362m fleet replacement programme was delivered to Gosforth depot in the early hours of February 28, having arrived from Switzerland by rail via the Channel Tunnel.
Metro operator opts for better mobile signal instead of wi-fi
UK: Tyne & Wear Metro operator Nexus has chosen to eliminate mobile phone connectivity ‘not spots’ instead of deploying on-train wi-fi as previously planned.
‘First class’ apprenticeships open the door to transport careers
UK: Tyne & Wear transport authority Nexus says it is to maintain its ‘strong track record for apprenticeships’, offering nine positions in 2023.
Tyne & Wear Metro extension business case developed
UK: Transport North East has published the first stage of a business case for the proposed Washington Metro Loop extension of the Tyne & Wear Metro.
Tyne & Wear Metro trains rolled out
Tyne & Wear Metro simulator delivered
Tactile paving now at all Tyne & Wear Metro stations
Tyne & Wear Metro puts Pop smart card fares on Android
Sliding steps to improve Tyne & Wear Metro accessibility
Local ambitions in 2035 rail strategy for northeast England
Metro Flow work begins to eliminate South Tyneside bottlenecks