Metro

North East Mayor Kim McGuinness today announced the first new Metro line for 30 years will be built as part of a £1.85bn funding deal agreed with the Government. The new Metro line through Washington stands at the heart of...

North East Mayor Kim McGuinness’ ambitions to open new rail routes in the region are taking a step forward with technical consultants appointed to provide specialist design work for the Metro to Washington project. Arup, a global consultancy which specialises...

The next phase of a major £147 million programme to maintain, upgrade and improve Greater Manchester’s tram network gets under way next week. Essential track replacement work between Piccadilly station and Piccadilly Gardens takes place between Tuesday, 3 June and...

An ambitious vision to deliver an integrated, high-frequency public transport network for North Wales, with frequent metro services at its heart, has been unveiled today. Network North Wales is a bold passenger-focussed programme of work to better connect communities, with...

Essential engineering work to ensure a Victorian-era tunnel remains safe will result in a reduced tram service on the Bury line this weekend. Work to replace beams supporting the roof at Whitefield Tunnel means that no trams will run between...

Essential work to install new tram tracks in Manchester city centre has been successfully completed on time as part of a planned £147m package to maintain, upgrade and improve the Metrolink network up to 2027.  Tram services have now resumed their...

Metro workers are starring in a series of short films to help customers get to know the new Metro trains. The films, which are being screened on the Tyne and Wear Metro’s social media channels, show members of the Metro...

The Birmingham Eastside Metro Extension project has reached another significant milestone with the installation of the switch and crossing infrastructure for its temporary terminus outside the Clayton Hotel yesterday (Thursday 20 March). This key piece of infrastructure is one of...

The Bee Network has hit a major milestone of 50 million contactless tap and go tram journeys, just days before launching on buses. The record breaking journey started at 7.07am on Wednesday (19 March) and the person travelled from Navigation...

Network Rail is upgrading the drainage at a Cheshire flooding hotspot for passengers travelling between Liverpool and Chester. Services passing through Ledsham near Hooton have been subject to delay in recent months following heavy rainfall in the North West. Engineers have...