Date: 04/04/2022

The Tyne and Wear Metro is to receive a further £7.3m from the Government to support its services while customer numbers continue to recover. The Department for Transport (DfT) confirmed the funding for light rail and bus operators today, Monday 4 April. Nexus, the public body which owns and manages Metro, said that the extra financial support was welcome amid a gradual recovery in the number of customers journeys on the Metro network. The funding will be used to cover Metros running costs through to October while fare revenue continues to be affected by the impact of Covid-19.

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Metro to receive a further £7.3m in Government covid funding | nexus.org.uk

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A Tyne & Wear Metro service recently arrived at Newcastle Airport on 10 May 2006. The train is already preparing to depart on its next journey destined for Sunderland's large Park Lane bus Interchange.
Location: Newcastle Airport
Company: Newcastle Airport (Tyne and Wear Metro)
10/05/2006 John Furnevel

The last time I visited Sunderland station it was in the open, albeit entirely surrounded by buildings. That was a long time ago though and the Metro had not reached it then. The much less frequent Northern diesels between Newcastle and Middlesbrough still use it however, sharing the Metro line for a few miles until just south of this station. They use separately numbered ends of the same platform here. A (Newcastle) Airport Metro service calls on 26 March 2019. The glass wall is backlit, slightly relieving the gloom.
Location: Sunderland
Company: Monkwearmouth to Sunderland and Ryhope Grange Line (North Eastern Railway)
26/03/2019 David Panton

Refurbished and re-liveried T&W Metro set 4075 calls at North Shields on 12 June.
Location: North Shields
Company: Newcastle and North Shields Railway
12/06/2013 Veronica Clibbery

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