Tyne and Wear Metro
Tyne and Wear Metro
(30 Nov 2017, 6:11 pm)Malarkey Having used the Tube in London back in January on a few occasions I am definitely not a fan of linear seating, would rather not have someones arse in my face, surely having a seating layout similar to the trams in Edinburgh would be more beneficial as that maximises seating capacity, standing space, luggage and accessibility for the elderley, disabled and pushchairs.
(30 Nov 2017, 6:11 pm)Malarkey Having used the Tube in London back in January on a few occasions I am definitely not a fan of linear seating, would rather not have someones arse in my face, surely having a seating layout similar to the trams in Edinburgh would be more beneficial as that maximises seating capacity, standing space, luggage and accessibility for the elderley, disabled and pushchairs.
(30 Nov 2017, 6:22 pm)Andreos1 I think it's fine for short trips, pain in neck (or legs/ankles/knees), for long trips.
Using the Picc line with kids, cases and bags is fine when it's empty. Pain in the neck when it's busy.
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(30 Nov 2017, 6:22 pm)Andreos1 I think it's fine for short trips, pain in neck (or legs/ankles/knees), for long trips.
Using the Picc line with kids, cases and bags is fine when it's empty. Pain in the neck when it's busy.
Aircraft flown on:
744, 77W, 772, E145, E190, E170, E175, E195, A319, A320, A320NEO, A321, A321NEO, A330-200, A330-300, A340-600 763, 752, 733, 737, 738, CRJ900, CRJ1000
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Apologies for the disruption to your journey. here are no trains running between Monument and South Hylton/Monument and South Shields in both directions until further notice. This is due to an overhead line trip.
Currently there is ticket acceptance on the following buses:
Gateshead - Newcastle: x 1, 21, 56, 57, and 59
Heworth - Newcastle: 27, 88, X9, and X10
Sunderland - South Hylton: Stagecoach 8
South Shields - Newcastle: 27
We will update you as soon as we have more information.
Edit:
We now have ticket acceptance Sunderland - Jarrow: 9. From there you will be able to get the 27 to Newcastle.
Edit: We now have ticket acceptance on the X34 between South Shields and Newcastle, and the X24 between Sunderland and Newcastle. These are Stagecoach services.
Going back to the discussion on the seating for the new fleet.
London Underground's S8 stock (used on the Metropolitan line) caters for both short, full journeys and longer distance ones (ie serving Watford, Amersham and Chesham) by having the horizontal seats you'd normally expect mixed with the standard sideways seating, with plenty of standing space, as the other S stock trains do.
Something like this I would like to see for the new T&W Metro fleet; I'd imagine a fair few journeys are from Sunderland to Newcastle Airport (for example connections from Grand Central) so for a journey of just shy of 90 mins, you'd want to have some more comfort as well as somewhere for bags.
That said, sideways seating would be an improvement from what we have now to accommodate more passengers.
I'm wondering if any platforms may have to be lengthened for the new stock?
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(05 Dec 2017, 11:52 pm)northern156 Going back to the discussion on the seating for the new fleet.
London Underground's S8 stock (used on the Metropolitan line) caters for both short, full journeys and longer distance ones (ie serving Watford, Amersham and Chesham) by having the horizontal seats you'd normally expect mixed with the standard sideways seating, with plenty of standing space, as the other S stock trains do.
Something like this I would like to see for the new T&W Metro fleet; I'd imagine a fair few journeys are from Sunderland to Newcastle Airport (for example connections from Grand Central) so for a journey of just shy of 90 mins, you'd want to have some more comfort as well as somewhere for bags.
That said, sideways seating would be an improvement from what we have now to accommodate more passengers.
I'm wondering if any platforms may have to be lengthened for the new stock?
(05 Dec 2017, 11:52 pm)northern156 Going back to the discussion on the seating for the new fleet.
London Underground's S8 stock (used on the Metropolitan line) caters for both short, full journeys and longer distance ones (ie serving Watford, Amersham and Chesham) by having the horizontal seats you'd normally expect mixed with the standard sideways seating, with plenty of standing space, as the other S stock trains do.
Something like this I would like to see for the new T&W Metro fleet; I'd imagine a fair few journeys are from Sunderland to Newcastle Airport (for example connections from Grand Central) so for a journey of just shy of 90 mins, you'd want to have some more comfort as well as somewhere for bags.
That said, sideways seating would be an improvement from what we have now to accommodate more passengers.
I'm wondering if any platforms may have to be lengthened for the new stock?
2nd fault of the day...............
We are working to rectify a technical issue at Pelaw. Due to this we have delays on the system to trains towards the Coast, Airport, South Shields and South Hylton. We apologise for the inconvenience caused.
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Tyne and Wear Metro
We have a service suspension Heworth-Gateshead Stadium in both directions due to a failed train. We have ticket acceptance on Go North East services Monument-Heworth, and we also have a replacement bus service Gateshead-Heworth, stopping at all affected stations.
Here we go again..
There are no trains running between Chillingham Road and St James in both directions until further notice . This is due to signalling problems.
Stagecoach are accepting Metro tickets in the affected area. Bus services 62,63,12,39&40 operate between Chillingham Road and St James.
We will update you as soon as we have more information.
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New fleet on track
Due to a power supply fault between Monument and Heworth there are no trains running in this area in either direction while we repair the issue. We have ticket acceptance on the 27 between Monument and Heworth.
We will be operating trains to all other areas, however the service will be subject to delays.
Updates will be attached to this post.
(18 Feb 2018, 4:54 pm)Michael Due to a power supply fault between Monument and Heworth there are no trains running in this area in either direction while we repair the issue. We have ticket acceptance on the 27 between Monument and Heworth.
We will be operating trains to all other areas, however the service will be subject to delays.
Updates will be attached to this post.
(18 Feb 2018, 4:54 pm)Michael Due to a power supply fault between Monument and Heworth there are no trains running in this area in either direction while we repair the issue. We have ticket acceptance on the 27 between Monument and Heworth.
We will be operating trains to all other areas, however the service will be subject to delays.
Updates will be attached to this post.
(18 Feb 2018, 7:32 pm)Michael The earlier power supply issue has been repaired and we are now operating between Heworth and Monument again. There will be delays to service as trains get back to timetable, but there is a frequent service to all destinations. Thank you for your patience.
(18 Feb 2018, 7:32 pm)Michael The earlier power supply issue has been repaired and we are now operating between Heworth and Monument again. There will be delays to service as trains get back to timetable, but there is a frequent service to all destinations. Thank you for your patience.
(18 Feb 2018, 7:45 pm)Dan Go North East supplied 4 buses to cover the Metro Replacement 900 service - three of which were 6084, 6099 and 6322.
(18 Feb 2018, 7:45 pm)Dan Go North East supplied 4 buses to cover the Metro Replacement 900 service - three of which were 6084, 6099 and 6322.
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Due to a points failure there are currently no trains between Pelaw and South Shields/South Hylton, and a large gap in service of approximately 45 minutes between Pelaw and St James. We have engineers on site working to fix this issue now.
4001 is with 4083 on yellow line today. Just left Wallsend for St James. I know this one has been out of service for a while.
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