RailScot News

24/01/2022 Nexus begins work on 100m Metro Flow project in UK [Railway Technology] The project involves upgrading an existing freight line in South Tyneside to add extra 24,000 passenger journeys per day. (Permalink) Bede Hebburn Jarrow Metro Flow Pelaw Tyne and Wear Metro Bede: Bede is the nearest station to the ruins of Jarrow Monastery, associated of course with the 'Venomous Bead', as he's called in 1066 and All That. It is also the station for the Barbour factory ... David Panton 26/03/2019 Railway Technology
29/09/2021 Community leaders get behind the Metro Flow project [Tyne and Wear Metro] Community leaders have welcomed a £100m track dualling scheme that will increase service frequency, reduce journey times, and improve reliability on the Tyne and Wear Metro. The Metro Flow project will see an existing freight line upgraded and electrified in South Tyneside, making it capable of carrying Metro services, boosting the capacity for an extra 24,000 customer journeys every day. Three sections of single track will be dualled between Pelaw and Bede Metro stations from September 2022. (Permalink) Bede Doubling Pelaw Tyne and Wear Metro Bede: Bede is the nearest station to the ruins of Jarrow Monastery, associated of course with the 'Venomous Bead', as he's called in 1066 and All That. It is also the station for the Barbour factory ... David Panton 26/03/2019 Tyne and Wear Metro