The new trains do not yet have permission to run on tracks owned by Network Rail, which manages the line from Pelaw to South ...

The winning company will design, build and maintain the fleet The shortlist of firms bidding to build a fleet of new trains for Tyne and Wear's Metro system has been announced. They are Spanish ...

The Tyne and Wear Metro’s new trains are still not cleared to run to Sunderland – but transport bosses have promised that ...

Half of the Tyne and Wear Metro’s new train fleet should be in action by the end of 2025. Bosses at operator Nexus expect around 23 of the Swiss-built carriages to come into service over the ...

It will be 2027 at the earliest before Tyne and Wear Metro’s transformation is complete, with only 15% of its drivers so far ...

Now that new trains are running on the Tyne & Wear Metro, Nexus has outlined how the rest of the fleet of trains will be ...

The first new Tyne and Wear Metro train had to be taken out of action this morning after suffering a technical failure. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Sunderland Echo, you can get ...

Tyne and Wear ... a Metro bridge at Felling. READ MORE: {{title}} Metro users have endured a torrid couple of weeks. After the excitement of the launch of the first new Metro train on December ...

A new fare structure being introduced in July for the Tyne & Wear Metro and Shields Ferry will require customers to switch to ...

There will be no Metro services between Pelaw and South Hylton on the strike days A large section of the Tyne and Wear Metro will be closed for three days due to rail strikes, bosses have said.

Nexus has outlined how the Tyne and Wear Metro’s new £362m fleet of trains will be brought into customer service over the next two years. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Shields ...