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Dan
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22 Jul 2015, 11:52 am
(22 Jul 2015, 7:02 am)danpick What was its headcode?

0638am from Stadium of Light to Airport - no idea about the headcode..?
Dan
22 Jul 2015, 11:52 am #1441

(22 Jul 2015, 7:02 am)danpick What was its headcode?

0638am from Stadium of Light to Airport - no idea about the headcode..?

DanPicken
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22 Jul 2015, 4:48 pm
(22 Jul 2015, 11:52 am)Dan 0638am from Stadium of Light to Airport - no idea about the headcode..?

The little LED number at the front it should be 101-112.
DanPicken
22 Jul 2015, 4:48 pm #1442

(22 Jul 2015, 11:52 am)Dan 0638am from Stadium of Light to Airport - no idea about the headcode..?

The little LED number at the front it should be 101-112.

Dan
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22 Jul 2015, 4:55 pm
(22 Jul 2015, 4:48 pm)danpick The little LED number at the front it should be 101-112.

Tommy has confirmed to me in the past that's how you identify a headcode; sadly, when you're travelling to work at half six in the morning, looking at a little LED number in the driver's cab is not at the top of the list of your priorities!
Dan
22 Jul 2015, 4:55 pm #1443

(22 Jul 2015, 4:48 pm)danpick The little LED number at the front it should be 101-112.

Tommy has confirmed to me in the past that's how you identify a headcode; sadly, when you're travelling to work at half six in the morning, looking at a little LED number in the driver's cab is not at the top of the list of your priorities!

1124
22 Jul 2015, 10:39 pm
Well after 3 days of going to RVI and back I have to say the metro has been very reliable Smile and cheaper than car parking to!
idiot
22 Jul 2015, 10:39 pm #1444

Well after 3 days of going to RVI and back I have to say the metro has been very reliable Smile and cheaper than car parking to!

23 Jul 2015, 3:24 pm
(22 Jul 2015, 10:39 pm)idiot Well after 3 days of going to RVI and back I have to say the metro has been very reliable Smile and cheaper than car parking to!

Thank you for cursing us. Thank you so much...  Tongue
omnicity4659
23 Jul 2015, 3:24 pm #1445

(22 Jul 2015, 10:39 pm)idiot Well after 3 days of going to RVI and back I have to say the metro has been very reliable Smile and cheaper than car parking to!

Thank you for cursing us. Thank you so much...  Tongue

DanPicken
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23 Jul 2015, 4:44 pm
(23 Jul 2015, 3:24 pm)GX03 SVC Thank you for cursing us. Thank you so much... 
He's certainly cursed me my Metro this morning was 8 minutes late!
DanPicken
23 Jul 2015, 4:44 pm #1446

(23 Jul 2015, 3:24 pm)GX03 SVC Thank you for cursing us. Thank you so much... 
He's certainly cursed me my Metro this morning was 8 minutes late!

1124
24 Jul 2015, 12:05 am
Your welcome! I took the van today and it made slide so much harder Sad
idiot
24 Jul 2015, 12:05 am #1447

Your welcome! I took the van today and it made slide so much harder Sad

Dan
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24 Jul 2015, 6:19 am
Does anyone know how Tyne and Wear Metro's Next Stop Announcement system works?

Currently on 4062 and one screen is showing "Next station is East Boldon" then the usual patter which follows it, but another screen is repeatedly flashing "Seaburn", as if it is stuck on the "This is" / "Seaburn" announcement.

I regularly notice problems like this on the Metro, but we never seem to have problems like this on buses (although admittedly there's only one screen).
Dan
24 Jul 2015, 6:19 am #1448

Does anyone know how Tyne and Wear Metro's Next Stop Announcement system works?

Currently on 4062 and one screen is showing "Next station is East Boldon" then the usual patter which follows it, but another screen is repeatedly flashing "Seaburn", as if it is stuck on the "This is" / "Seaburn" announcement.

I regularly notice problems like this on the Metro, but we never seem to have problems like this on buses (although admittedly there's only one screen).

24 Jul 2015, 7:28 am
(24 Jul 2015, 6:19 am)Dan Does anyone know how Tyne and Wear Metro's Next Stop Announcement system works?

Currently on 4062 and one screen is showing "Next station is East Boldon" then the usual patter which follows it, but another screen is repeatedly flashing "Seaburn", as if it is stuck on the "This is" / "Seaburn" announcement.

I regularly notice problems like this on the Metro, but we never seem to have problems like this on buses (although admittedly there's only one screen).

I once had a Metrocar flashing "This is" / "Gateshead" and the other Metrocar flashing "The next station is Central Station"... while I was approaching West Jesmond...
omnicity4659
24 Jul 2015, 7:28 am #1449

(24 Jul 2015, 6:19 am)Dan Does anyone know how Tyne and Wear Metro's Next Stop Announcement system works?

Currently on 4062 and one screen is showing "Next station is East Boldon" then the usual patter which follows it, but another screen is repeatedly flashing "Seaburn", as if it is stuck on the "This is" / "Seaburn" announcement.

I regularly notice problems like this on the Metro, but we never seem to have problems like this on buses (although admittedly there's only one screen).

I once had a Metrocar flashing "This is" / "Gateshead" and the other Metrocar flashing "The next station is Central Station"... while I was approaching West Jesmond...

24 Jul 2015, 9:48 am
(24 Jul 2015, 6:19 am)Dan Does anyone know how Tyne and Wear Metro's Next Stop Announcement system works?

Currently on 4062 and one screen is showing "Next station is East Boldon" then the usual patter which follows it, but another screen is repeatedly flashing "Seaburn", as if it is stuck on the "This is" / "Seaburn" announcement.

I regularly notice problems like this on the Metro, but we never seem to have problems like this on buses (although admittedly there's only one screen).

There's a sensor underneath the Metrocar and a sensor on the track which when the metro passes over it, Activates the " Next station is " or " This is ****** "
the sensor on the track is also connected to a network of cables underneath the track which will record the trains headcode and destination and then display it on the station moniters and the control centre in South Gosforth.

99% of the time its the refurbished metrocars that are always faulty, think its something to do with a error that happened while Wabtec where rewiring them.

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South Tyne Lad
24 Jul 2015, 9:48 am #1450

(24 Jul 2015, 6:19 am)Dan Does anyone know how Tyne and Wear Metro's Next Stop Announcement system works?

Currently on 4062 and one screen is showing "Next station is East Boldon" then the usual patter which follows it, but another screen is repeatedly flashing "Seaburn", as if it is stuck on the "This is" / "Seaburn" announcement.

I regularly notice problems like this on the Metro, but we never seem to have problems like this on buses (although admittedly there's only one screen).

There's a sensor underneath the Metrocar and a sensor on the track which when the metro passes over it, Activates the " Next station is " or " This is ****** "
the sensor on the track is also connected to a network of cables underneath the track which will record the trains headcode and destination and then display it on the station moniters and the control centre in South Gosforth.

99% of the time its the refurbished metrocars that are always faulty, think its something to do with a error that happened while Wabtec where rewiring them.


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24 Jul 2015, 5:06 pm
Teen considered gassing Metro passengers, court hears.
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/crime...-1-7376334
omnicity4659
24 Jul 2015, 5:06 pm #1451

Teen considered gassing Metro passengers, court hears.
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/crime...-1-7376334

24 Jul 2015, 8:57 pm
(24 Jul 2015, 5:06 pm)GX03 SVC Teen considered gassing Metro passengers, court hears.
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/crime...-1-7376334

I've done that once, although the egg sarnies I had from Greggs was my ammunition. Certainly got me a few seats to myself Smile

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northern156
24 Jul 2015, 8:57 pm #1452

(24 Jul 2015, 5:06 pm)GX03 SVC Teen considered gassing Metro passengers, court hears.
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/crime...-1-7376334

I've done that once, although the egg sarnies I had from Greggs was my ammunition. Certainly got me a few seats to myself Smile


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26 Jul 2015, 5:24 pm
Looks like some clever person has got out some new crayons... meet 'Metro Character'.
https://www.facebook.com/mymetrotw/photo...55/?type=1
omnicity4659
26 Jul 2015, 5:24 pm #1453

Looks like some clever person has got out some new crayons... meet 'Metro Character'.
https://www.facebook.com/mymetrotw/photo...55/?type=1

26 Jul 2015, 9:33 pm
(26 Jul 2015, 5:24 pm)GX03 SVC Looks like some clever person has got out some new crayons... meet 'Metro Character'.
https://www.facebook.com/mymetrotw/photo...55/?type=1

Never stuck for places to go, apart from the western (more than) half of Tyneside!

Even years back, as a student, when the metro was still very new, we had long, slightly drunken discussions about how the metro didn't actually go anywhere near the Metrocentre!
BusLoverMum
26 Jul 2015, 9:33 pm #1454

(26 Jul 2015, 5:24 pm)GX03 SVC Looks like some clever person has got out some new crayons... meet 'Metro Character'.
https://www.facebook.com/mymetrotw/photo...55/?type=1

Never stuck for places to go, apart from the western (more than) half of Tyneside!

Even years back, as a student, when the metro was still very new, we had long, slightly drunken discussions about how the metro didn't actually go anywhere near the Metrocentre!

27 Jul 2015, 2:49 pm
(26 Jul 2015, 9:33 pm)BusLoverMum Never stuck for places to go, apart from the western (more than) half of Tyneside!

Even years back, as a student, when the metro was still very new, we had long, slightly drunken discussions about how the metro didn't actually go anywhere near the Metrocentre!

Despite having a very frequent Northern Rail service, I have actually thought to myself that the Metro should serve the MetroCentre. I imagine it was due to the fact that the Tyne and Wear Metro first opened in 1980, and the MetroCentre in 1986; had it been the other way around, I'm sure the MetroCentre would have been incorporated into the network. Smile
R852 PRG
27 Jul 2015, 2:49 pm #1455

(26 Jul 2015, 9:33 pm)BusLoverMum Never stuck for places to go, apart from the western (more than) half of Tyneside!

Even years back, as a student, when the metro was still very new, we had long, slightly drunken discussions about how the metro didn't actually go anywhere near the Metrocentre!

Despite having a very frequent Northern Rail service, I have actually thought to myself that the Metro should serve the MetroCentre. I imagine it was due to the fact that the Tyne and Wear Metro first opened in 1980, and the MetroCentre in 1986; had it been the other way around, I'm sure the MetroCentre would have been incorporated into the network. Smile

27 Jul 2015, 6:58 pm
(27 Jul 2015, 2:49 pm)R852 PRG Despite having a very frequent Northern Rail service, I have actually thought to myself that the Metro should serve the MetroCentre. I imagine it was due to the fact that the Tyne and Wear Metro first opened in 1980, and the MetroCentre in 1986; had it been the other way around, I'm sure the MetroCentre would have been incorporated into the network. Smile

Well Nexus does pay for services along that line apparently. So as much as I think a Metro/Northen rail service there would frankly be: a waste of money, if they cut the funding and spend it all on a metro service I can safely see that working. However there would need to be electrification of the line and more trains to cope with it. Plus a fair amount of track would need to be built linking the two places. So as it stands I think it's an awful idea, but in future...maybe it could work.
Busman69
27 Jul 2015, 6:58 pm #1456

(27 Jul 2015, 2:49 pm)R852 PRG Despite having a very frequent Northern Rail service, I have actually thought to myself that the Metro should serve the MetroCentre. I imagine it was due to the fact that the Tyne and Wear Metro first opened in 1980, and the MetroCentre in 1986; had it been the other way around, I'm sure the MetroCentre would have been incorporated into the network. Smile

Well Nexus does pay for services along that line apparently. So as much as I think a Metro/Northen rail service there would frankly be: a waste of money, if they cut the funding and spend it all on a metro service I can safely see that working. However there would need to be electrification of the line and more trains to cope with it. Plus a fair amount of track would need to be built linking the two places. So as it stands I think it's an awful idea, but in future...maybe it could work.

19181
29 Jul 2015, 10:24 am
There are delays systemwide due to signalling problems. Delays of up to 15 mins between Airport and South Hylton Delays of up to 15 mins between St James and South Shields Delays of up to 15 mins between South Gosforth and Pelaw

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Michael
29 Jul 2015, 10:24 am #1457

There are delays systemwide due to signalling problems. Delays of up to 15 mins between Airport and South Hylton Delays of up to 15 mins between St James and South Shields Delays of up to 15 mins between South Gosforth and Pelaw


Ooo Friend, Bus Friend.

29 Jul 2015, 11:20 am
(29 Jul 2015, 10:24 am)Michael There are delays systemwide due to signalling problems. Delays of up to 15 mins between Airport and South Hylton Delays of up to 15 mins between St James and South Shields Delays of up to 15 mins between South Gosforth and Pelaw

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omnicity4659
29 Jul 2015, 11:20 am #1458

(29 Jul 2015, 10:24 am)Michael There are delays systemwide due to signalling problems. Delays of up to 15 mins between Airport and South Hylton Delays of up to 15 mins between St James and South Shields Delays of up to 15 mins between South Gosforth and Pelaw

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30 Jul 2015, 9:25 am
Press release: Report 09/2015: Parting of live overhead wire at Walkergate
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/repor...walkergate

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Adrian
30 Jul 2015, 9:25 am #1459

Press release: Report 09/2015: Parting of live overhead wire at Walkergate
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/repor...walkergate


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30 Jul 2015, 5:43 pm
Just been a piece on Look North about Reliability of the Metro, and the need for new trains which will cost £400m.

Metro Refurb Programme completed ahead of Schedule.
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nort...ro-9756009
Malarkey
30 Jul 2015, 5:43 pm #1460

Just been a piece on Look North about Reliability of the Metro, and the need for new trains which will cost £400m.

Metro Refurb Programme completed ahead of Schedule.
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nort...ro-9756009

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