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22 July 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Intelligent Transport
The North East Combined Authority has agreed a Metro and Local Rail Strategy designed to improve passenger journeys and kick-start the expansion of local rail in North East England.
4 November 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Intelligent Transport
A North East Combined Authority (NECA) Quality Contracts Scheme for control of North East bus services has been rejected by the QCS Board and local traffic commissioner.
22 October 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Intelligent Transport
Over 39 million journeys have been recorded on the Tyne and Wear Metro, its highest passenger figures for five years.
10 September 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Intelligent Transport
Nexus has announced it is to commence work on the £6 million scheme to upgrade the Metro Central Station ticket hall and platforms in Newcastle.
2 September 2015 | By Tobyn Hughes – Managing Director of Nexus
The North East of England is the first region in the UK outside London to offer passengers a multi-modal ‘Pay As You Go’ smartcard which can be used across bus, Metro and local ferry services. Hundreds of passengers are now taking part in a ‘Beta Test’ of stored travel rights…
11 August 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Intelligent Transport
Tyne and Wear Metro celebrate 35 years of passenger service since first opening to the public on 11th August 1980.
4 August 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Intelligent Transport
DB Regio has completed a £30 million refurbishment of the Tyne and Wear Metro train fleet five months ahead of schedule.
9 July 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Intelligent Transport
Nexus, the public body which owns and manages Tyne and Wear Metro, has revealed over 2.5 million smart cards journeys have been made by passengers since April 2015.
18 June 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Intelligent Transport
Nexus, the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive on behalf of the North East Combined Authority, has announced a £40 million investment to modernise the Tyne and Wear Metro.
28 April 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Intelligent Transport
DB Regio Tyne and Wear, the light rail operator, has received five-star certification in the Recognised for Excellence (RfE) programme awarded by the British Quality Foundation (BQF).
In our latest free-to-view Vehicle Design Supplement, Mike Weston from TfL gives details about bus sensor technology trials in London; Richard McClean from DB Regio Tyne & Wear explains the Metro’s massive refurbishment programme; and Yannis Vardakastanis from the EDF outlines the importance of vehicle design for persons with disabilities...
19 November 2014 | By DB Regio Tyne and Wear
DB Regio Tyne and Wear, which operates the Metro on behalf of Nexus, has reduced its total emissions by 12.75% over four years, saving 5,317 tonnes of CO2...
20 August 2014 | By Raymond Johnstone, Director of Rail and Infrastructure of Nexus.
Metro is a major part of the public transport network in North East England. Nexus, the public body which owns the Metro system, is into the fifth year of a £389 million modernisation programme. Director of Rail and Infrastructure of Nexus, Raymond Johnstone, gave us an update on the project.
23 June 2014 | By Kapsch
New business unit wins major contract for the implementation of TETRA technology...
One of the largest scale implementations of an ITSO-compliant ticketing system is taking place in North East England. Nexus – the Passenger Transport Executive for Tyne and Wear – and part of the newly formed North East Combined Authority and the body which owns, manages and is modernising the Tyne…
