The Tyne and Wear Metro is a light rail rapid transit system serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, and Sunderland. The owners Nexus have described it as "Britain's fi
A Class 555 at Newcastle Airport
A South Tyneside NER electric unit at Newcastle Central station in 1938
The Byker Viaduct was the first in Britain to be built using cantilevered concrete sections with joints glued with epoxy resin.
The escalator shaft at Haymarket, under construction in the late 1970s.
The British Rail Class 555 Metro is a class of electric multiple units, commissioned and built for Nexus by the Swiss company Stadler Rail, at a total cost of £362 million, for use on the Tyne and Wea
Tyne and Wear Metro
…103 million are to increase the service frequency from five to six trains per hour, reduce journey times and improve reliability levels. The first Class 555 train entered passenger service on 18 December 2024, while routine Class 599 Metrocar passenger service ended on 26 June 2026. The present system uses…
Class 555 at Whitley Bay in 2026
Class 555 on a SBB siding at St. Margrethen in Switzerland, prior to delivery