Tyne and Wear Metro

Tyne and Wear Metro
Tyne and Wear Metro
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Info
Owner	Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive (Nexus)
Locale	Tyne and Wear
Transit type	Light rail ; Rapid transit;
Number of lines	2
Number of stations	60
Headquarters	Station Road; Gosforth; Newcastle upon Tyne;
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Operation
Began operation	11 August 1980; 45 years ago
Operator(s)	Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive (Nexus)
Number of vehicles	87 Tyne and Wear Metrocars
Train length	27.81 m (91 ft 3 in)
Technical
System length	77.5 km (48.2 mi)
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Electrification	1,500 Volt DC overhead lines
Top speed	80 km/h (50 mph)

Tyne and Wear Metro is a rapid transit system in Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside and Sunderland.

It opened in stages from August 1980 and now has 60 stations, with two lines covering 77.5 km (48.2 mi) of track. It was mostly made from converted former railway lines linked with some new tunnels.

Tyne And Wear Metro Media

A South Tyneside NER electric unit at Newcastle Central station, 1938
The Byker Viaduct was the first in Britain to be built using cantilevered concrete sections with joints glued with epoxy resin.
Callerton Parkway Metro station
Simonside Metro station
Post-refurbishment Tyne and Wear Metrocar
Geographically accurate map of the Tyne and Wear Metro
The interior of South Gosforth TMD in 2010
A new Class 555 unit on pre-delivery testing in Switzerland, October 2024
A map of the network in Newcastle and Gateshead. Metro routes are shown in red, with dotted red lines displaying tunnel sections.
Level crossing near Kingston Park station

References

↑ The Highway Engineer, Volume 23. Institution of Highway Engineers. 1976. p. 44. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

[THE23-1] The Highway Engineer, Volume 23. Institution of Highway Engineers. 1976. p. 44. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

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