Metro

Ten new apprentices are starting their careers with Nexus this week. The new starters are all embarking on a four-year Engineering Maintenance Technician apprenticeship, after they were selected from over 500 applications. The apprentices and their families were invited to...

A donation of used Metro track will be used to create a new memorial to British soldiers who served in the Far East during World War Two. The track, 10metres in total, will commemorate a North East solider and his...

A long serving Metro driver has spoken of his pride after getting the honour of driving the last old train on the network. Richard Turner was handed the task of driving the Class 599 on its final guaranteed runs in...

A Metro driver who worked on the network when it first opened in 1980 has reflected on the role that the original train fleet played for the region during its time in service. Bill Dodds from Newcastle is one of...

Workers at the Tyne and Wear Metro Depot are getting ready to say a final farewell to their old trains.  The maintenance teams at Gosforth have spent decades repairing, improving and tending to the original Metro fleet, helping the trains...

The Tyne and Wear Metro’s old trains are entering their final weeks in service, as the region gets ready to say an historic farewell to a fleet which transformed the face of local public transport.   Metro operator Nexus is announcing...

Between Sunday 17 May and Saturday 23 May, Great Western Railway (GWR) saw 726 more journeys than over the same period in 2025. This included 429 additional journeys on the Saturday alone. A special celebration event was held at Newquay...

A multi-million-pound upgrade of the Tyne and Wear Metro control room has been successfully completed, providing it with some of the most advanced technology in the railway industry. The £8.8 million project has involved the complete renewal of a system...

Olympia, London's newest entertainment destination, is funding 16 extra peak‑time services per weekday on the Mildmay line between Clapham Junction and Shepherd’s Bush More frequent services will reduce journey times and provide increased capacity to support rising demand on this part...

Tributes have been paid to Professor Tony Ridley, the mastermind of the Tyne and Wear Metro, who has passed away aged 92. Prof Ridley, who was originally from Sunderland, was the main driver of the Metro project in its early...