Designs for new Metro stations and bridges will be drawn up in an effort to secure financial backing from the Government to ...

The proposed new route to Washington in Sunderland would use part of the disused Leamside line running from Pelaw in ...

Plans to finally take the Tyne and Wear Metro to Washington ... of the former Leamside railway line, where passenger trains stopped running 60 years ago. A map of how the loop could look shows ...

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. Yellow Line runs from St ...

The Tyne and Wear Metro’s new trains are still not ... a journey to Wearside and has instead been confined to the Metro’s ...

The Leamside Line is a disused ... Credit: ITV Tyne Tees North East mayor Kim McGuinness will pump more than £8 million into efforts to finally bring the Tyne and Wear Metro to Washington.

People are being urged to plan their journeys ahead of "vital works" on the Tyne and Wear Metro which will result in both lines being closed. Train operator Nexus will be replacing overhead line ...

The first new Tyne and Wear Metro train is in service ... before being taken out further on the Metro map over the coming days. Its entry into the Metro timetable marks a key moment in the ...

Transport bosses have been quizzed over the "incredibly high" cost of the proposed Tyne and Wear Metro extension ... the East Coast Main Line. The plans would see the Metro network expanded ...

The Tyne and Wear ... "vital works" on the Tyne and Wear Metro which will result in both lines being closed. Train operator Nexus will be replacing overhead line equipment in the tunnel underneath ...