(24 Nov 2015, 6:35 pm)Michael wrote I didn't know that.

Wonder if we will hear anymore about the extensions they want to do soon..... i think they wanted the Metrocentre to be first.... which will be good, not sure how it work though.

cant see the metro extending to the metrocentre anytime soon or years, I think mostly there be looking at joining the south hylton station to pelaw via leamside line but I cant see that happening anytime soon neither as it would cost a packet and also trying to get the train companies involved and the leamside line if opened could be the emergency line to south if anything happens at the birtley section route at present everything has to go through Sunderland station , another proposal was to reopen the line between East boldon and the shields line and extending it towards grangetown and possible Seaham. but you have the train traffic along the Sunderland to Seaham section and the Grand central operating that route.