Tyne and Wear Metro
Tyne and Wear Metro
(30 Jul 2015, 5:43 pm)Malarkey Just been a piece on Look North about Reliability of the Metro, and the need for new trains which will cost £400m.
(30 Jul 2015, 5:43 pm)Malarkey 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
(30 Jul 2015, 5:43 pm)Malarkey 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
(30 Jul 2015, 5:46 pm)Michael Well they go for it, if London can have all those Billions to update their transport system, why can't the Tyne and Wear Metro.
(30 Jul 2015, 6:00 pm)Malarkey Been for years though, but Nexus/DB Regio seem content on wasting Tax Payers Money on this £389m Modernisation of the Network.
(30 Jul 2015, 6:00 pm)Malarkey Been for years though, but Nexus/DB Regio seem content on wasting Tax Payers Money on this £389m Modernisation of the Network.
(31 Jul 2015, 6:41 am)idiot How can Nexus fine DB? DB operate Nexus metros and its the metros that are causing the delays!Because Nexus have outsourced the operations and running of Metro to a private contractor (DB). Their contact will have several performance indicators, with penalties for breaching them, and service credits for exceeding them.
(31 Jul 2015, 6:41 am)idiot How can Nexus fine DB? DB operate Nexus metros and its the metros that are causing the delays!Because Nexus have outsourced the operations and running of Metro to a private contractor (DB). Their contact will have several performance indicators, with penalties for breaching them, and service credits for exceeding them.
(31 Jul 2015, 6:41 am)idiot How can Nexus fine DB? DB operate Nexus metros and its the metros that are causing the delays!
(31 Jul 2015, 6:41 am)idiot How can Nexus fine DB? DB operate Nexus metros and its the metros that are causing the delays!
(24 Jul 2015, 9:48 am)South Tyne Lad 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.
(24 Jul 2015, 9:48 am)South Tyne Lad 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.
(31 Jul 2015, 8:27 am)Lm2606 This is incorrect, it works from a GPS system and when the GPS looses signal you get non-stop announcements or they go off altogether.
(31 Jul 2015, 8:27 am)Lm2606 This is incorrect, it works from a GPS system and when the GPS looses signal you get non-stop announcements or they go off altogether.
(30 Jul 2015, 6:19 pm)buss14 i dont think they will pay to get new trains as they have refurbished the minority of the trains they have. time will tell but hopefully they will think about the passengers and not about going the cheaper way around the issue.
(30 Jul 2015, 6:19 pm)buss14 i dont think they will pay to get new trains as they have refurbished the minority of the trains they have. time will tell but hopefully they will think about the passengers and not about going the cheaper way around the issue.
(31 Jul 2015, 8:27 am)Lm2606 This is incorrect, it works from a GPS system and when the GPS looses signal you get non-stop announcements or they go off altogether.
(31 Jul 2015, 8:27 am)Lm2606 This is incorrect, it works from a GPS system and when the GPS looses signal you get non-stop announcements or they go off altogether.
(31 Jul 2015, 4:05 pm)citaro5284 What happens when they are underground as I would not think the GPS would work say at Haymarket or Monument?
(31 Jul 2015, 4:07 pm)Lm2606 Signal repeaters were installed in the tunnels long before the GPS net stop technology was introduced to allow passengers to use mobile phones in tunnels.
(31 Jul 2015, 4:07 pm)Lm2606 Signal repeaters were installed in the tunnels long before the GPS net stop technology was introduced to allow passengers to use mobile phones in tunnels.
(31 Jul 2015, 4:09 pm)citaro5284 Ah OK, I am with EE and my phone does not work in the tunnels, cannot even get a reception on the platform at Gateshead Metro
(31 Jul 2015, 4:09 pm)citaro5284 Ah OK, I am with EE and my phone does not work in the tunnels, cannot even get a reception on the platform at Gateshead Metro
(31 Jul 2015, 4:09 pm)citaro5284 Ah OK, I am with EE and my phone does not work in the tunnels, cannot even get a reception on the platform at Gateshead Metro
Interesting...
(Source: Kevin Dickinson of the Sort out the Metro Facebook group)
What Nexus said in October 2011:
"The refurbishment programme, which will continue until 2014, is being managed by DBTW against rigorous timescales, while ensuring it has no impact on the day-to-day operation of Metro, which requires more than 80 of the fleet at peak times."
What Nexus said in February 2014:
"The £30m modernisation of Tyne and Wear Metro trains has reached the halfway mark, with the project on schedule to be completely finished by May 2015."
What Nexus said yesterday:
"The £30m refurbishment of the Tyne and Wear Metro’s train fleet has been successfully completed, five months ahead of schedule."
Easy to finish ahead of schedule if you keep changing what the schedule is.
Service suspended Shiremoor-Tynemouth Platform 2, passengers are advised trains are running through Platform 1
Suppose it is so unreliable (in some people's opinions) that nobody realised it was the Tyne and Wear Metros 35th birthday today.
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nort...rt-9833261
(11 Aug 2015, 6:53 pm)S813 FVK Suppose it is so unreliable (in some people's opinions) that nobody realised it was the Tyne and Wear Metros 35th birthday today.
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nort...rt-9833261
(11 Aug 2015, 6:53 pm)S813 FVK Suppose it is so unreliable (in some people's opinions) that nobody realised it was the Tyne and Wear Metros 35th birthday today.
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nort...rt-9833261
