(30 Nov 2013, 11:50 pm)aureolin wrote [ -> ] Almost as bad as that rush hour traffic in Stanley on a Sunday morning. 
I do agree though. Just another in a long list of Metro excuses. There's been football matches with that sort of crowd (50,000) for the past 13 years, and it's never been a problem. Most likely covering up that they've had to pull a train out of service.
By goodness, Stanley is like the epicentre of the earth on a Sunday morning.
Forget Percy Street on a Friday afternoon, Monument Metro 30mins after the final whistle, the queue of packed trains waiting at Hebburn on the single track towards Shields or the Tyne Bridge at any time of the day - Stanley on a Sunday morning is chaos!
Spotted a metro set heading south about 16.45 at Leeming today.
Didn't notice the fleet number.
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Newly Painted Metrocar 4084 sits outside of the Inspection Shed on Road 9 at Gosforth Depot.
The new livery replacing the old 'Pop Card' (Tyne and Wear's version of London's Oyster Card) rainbow livery, is designed to have the same livery that East Coast Trains carry between London and Aberdeen along the East Coast Mainline and supports their new advertisement campaign 'Feel at Home'
To support the advertisement campaign, the Metrocar's doors are painted to look like the front doors of a house, with vinyls of blinds, laps and flowers in the windows to picture inside the house.
To view the full sized photograph, do click
here.
While I'm at it...
Metrocar 4044 is the latest example to return from Doncaster having been refurbished, while Metrocar 4068 is the next to go.
It isn't painted. Just vynals covering the entire bodysides.
(15 Dec 2013, 1:41 am)GMitchelhill wrote [ -> ]It isn't painted. Just vynals covering the entire bodysides.
I thought just as much, but I copied the caption from the photo on Flickr given that he'd seen it in the flesh and I hadn't.
That said, those doors do look shiny and appear to be one shade of the colour which they are painted. As the Metrocar doors have been painted in the past (believe I read something about that?), there is potential that the photographer could be right.
(14 Dec 2013, 9:00 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]
Newly Painted Metrocar 4084 sits outside of the Inspection Shed on Road 9 at Gosforth Depot.
Metrocar 4038 has joined Metrocar 4084 in the special advertisement livery to support the East Coast Trains 'Feel at Home' advertisement campaign.
Both were noted today (well, now yesterday - it's 1am!) out in service for the very first time.
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Photo credit to Alex Thorkildsen
Tyne and Wear Metro
Seaburn is closed and trains will not be stopping at this station until further notice. This is due to a problem with the power supply. We will update you once we have more information.
Tyne and Wear Metro
There are major delays to trains running between South Gosforth and South Shields due to train shortages. Please leave extra time for your journey.
Well the gates are working well. Used the Metro both Monday and today, and I've yet to encounter a gate that's switched on. What's the point of having them if they're going to stand open?
(02 Jan 2014, 4:21 pm)aureolin wrote [ -> ]Well the gates are working well. Used the Metro both Monday and today, and I've yet to encounter a gate that's switched on. What's the point of having them if they're going to stand open?
I've seen them in operation at Gateshead Station twice in the entire school holidays (three weeks for me now, rather than two), and given that I'm out most days and Gateshead usually crops up at some point... Not very good!
(02 Jan 2014, 5:07 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]I've seen them in operation at Gateshead Station twice in the entire school holidays (three weeks for me now, rather than two), and given that I'm out most days and Gateshead usually crops up at some point... Not very good!
was so happy when they were being used at monument
(02 Jan 2014, 5:15 pm)danpick wrote [ -> ]was so happy when they were being used at monument
For what they cost, I wouldn't be happy unless they were on at all times during the day - 07.00-19.00 at the very least! They should be making back some of the cash it's cost to have them installed.
(02 Jan 2014, 5:51 pm)aureolin wrote [ -> ]For what they cost, I wouldn't be happy unless they were on at all times during the day - 07.00-19.00 at the very least! They should be making back some of the cash it's cost to have them installed.
Of course it should ease the amount of inspectors required on the Metros too... They should be on the Metros in areas where there are no ticket validators.
I've still seen the inspectors getting on/off at Gateshead. What's the point in that, when you should have two or three people upstairs at the ticket validators?
(02 Jan 2014, 5:57 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]Of course it should ease the amount of inspectors required on the Metros too... They should be on the Metros in areas where there are no ticket validators.
I've still seen the inspectors getting on/off at Gateshead. What's the point in that, when you should have two or three people upstairs at the ticket validators?
German efficiency obviously went a miss with DB Tyne and Wear.
Trains are currently running to a one minute frequency because of signal failure at Gateshead. Lovely.
EDIT: And now we have a driver who has gone AWOL.
(06 Jan 2014, 8:22 am)Dan wrote [ -> ]Trains are currently running to a one minute frequency because of signal failure at Gateshead. Lovely.
EDIT: And now we have a driver who has gone AWOL.
Lmao, First day after the holidays when most people go back to work/college and the system is back logged, due to failed signals and the prices just gone up!
