(22 Apr 2020, 7:05 pm)Michael wrote The North East would be sent “back to the ice age” if transport bosses were forced into mothballing the Metro during the coronavirus crisis, a council leader has warned.
As the struggling rail network loses close to £1 million a week after passenger numbers dropped more than 90% and still without any promise of any government support, there are mounting fears over the system's future.
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Hysterical nonsense from Gannon and Forbes as ever.
Mothballing isn't the end of the world until this is over. Other networks have and are doing it. No surprise Burnham came out with the same whingeing earlier.
The Government will never allow Metro to close down completely.