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The Tyne and Wear Metro is an overground and underground light rail rapid transit system [4] [5] [6] serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, and the City of Sunderland (together forming Tyne and Wear).
The Tyne and Wear Metro is the UK's busiest light rail system outside London. It carries around 37 million passengers a year, and is the backbone of our region's public transport. The system is owned and run by Nexus, and has 60 stations with trains running up to every three minutes at peak times.
Nov 23, 2022 · 46 new Swiss-built Metro trains will make Metro travel in Newcastle, Gateshead, Tyneside and Sunderland '15 times' more reliable.
Sep 20, 2023 · Stadler are building a total of 46 new Metro trains on behalf of Nexus. The fleet will enter service in phases and the aim is to have all the new trains in service in 2025. Stadler has delivered three new trains to North East England so far, and more are set to arrive later this year.
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Tyne and Wear Metro Metro is Tyneside’s suburban rail network, consisting of two lines. Green Line runs from Newcastle Airport to South Hylton, via Newcastle, Gateshead and Sunderland.
The British Rail Class 555 Metro is a class of electric multiple units, commissioned and built for the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive (Nexus) by the Swiss company Stadler Rail, at a total cost of £362 million, for use on the Tyne and Wear Metro.
