Nexus resumes operation of the Tyne and Wear Metro network

After seven years, Nexus has taken back control from DB Regio (part of the Arriva Group) of running services on the Tyne and Wear Metro network.

Nexus Managing Director and DB Regio MD David Gibson at the hand over at 2am on Saturday 1 April 2017

Managing Director of Nexus, Tobyn Hughes, said: “I am looking forward to the next few years as we seek to improve Metro for our customers. Nexus will be directly managing Metro operations following the end of our contact with DB Regio. The most important first step is to make sure that the transition is as smooth as possible for our employees and customers alike, with the trains continuing to operate safely throughout the process.”

Tobyn continued: “Much hard work has already been done recently to improve train reliability and punctuality and that will continue. The next few years promise to be truly exciting as we look to secure funding for a new train fleet, and at ways to expand the network. The current fleet has served us well over the last four decades, but now is the right time for it to be replaced. We estimate a cost of around half a billion pounds to deliver the new trains that we need. We will know more about the fate of our bid over the summer.”

“I would like to thank DB Regio for delivering Metro operations over the last seven years, along with all of the people who have worked on the Metro during that time. It has been a period during which we have together made unprecedented investment in the system and managed a number of unforeseen challenges,” Tobyn concluded.