I passed the 'SouthTyneside.info' liveried metrocar just south of the A68 jct at Darlington a short while back.
Presumably heading to Doncaster.
No idea of fleet number.
Tyne and Wear Metro
Tyne and Wear Metro
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Rumours going around that the 4001 and NER-liveried Metrocars are staying unrefurbished.
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RE: Tyne and Wear Metro
4001/2 are not being refurbished , they were the prototypes and for quite a while after the rest of the fleet were in service they were restricted to working with each other, even now the door opening buttons are different to the rest.
I think that two of the production units are also to remain unrefurbished
I think that two of the production units are also to remain unrefurbished
RE: Tyne and Wear Metro
(12 Mar 2015, 9:06 pm)Coppercap40 wrote 4001/2 are not being refurbished , they were the prototypes and for quite a while after the rest of the fleet were in service they were restricted to working with each other, even now the door opening buttons are different to the rest.
I think that two of the production units are also to remain unrefurbished
This is correct, due to worse than anticipated corrison issues, the metrocar refurbishment budget went up therefore the 2 prototypes and 2 other units are not planned to get refurbished as originally planned.
the future for the unrefurbished units does remain rather sketchy.
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(13 Mar 2015, 7:25 am)Michael wrote Now heres me thinking its gonna flood, u know with all the "rain" we've got!
It seems it isn't just the Metro affected by the weather.
GNE have tweeted, that the V8 can't serve Castleside and is terminating short due to the weather conditions.
There must be floods up there too
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RE: Tyne and Wear Metro
(13 Mar 2015, 7:54 am)Michael wrote If the metro goes down, and bus companies are accepting metro tickets... do they get money for it from NEXUS?They certainly do!
They could claim they're missing out on money on the route.
(13 Mar 2015, 8:01 am)Andreos1 wrote It seems it isn't just the Metro affected by the weather.It's snowing in Consett, actually.
GNE have tweeted, that the V8 can't serve Castleside and is terminating short due to the weather conditions.
There must be floods up there too
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(13 Mar 2015, 8:15 am)aureolin wrote It's been really bad this morning. Lashing down in Coxhoe about 5am .
Amazing how in what is a relatively short distance, there is heavy rain, snow, drizzle etc.
Drove through about 3 different weather systems this morning and I know it was really heavy rain at home for a good few hours in the early part of the morning.
Just shows that despite there not being much rain in Sunderland, there could be weather related issues just up the road (or line), affecting the entire infrastructure.
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Tyne and Wear Metro
Had two rather nice journeys on 4005 & 4037 and 4015 & 4032 respectively today.
Have to say I preferred the short hop from Gateshead to Central on the latter pair than Park Lane to Haymarket on the former!
Have to say I preferred the short hop from Gateshead to Central on the latter pair than Park Lane to Haymarket on the former!
RE: Tyne and Wear Metro
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Reading some of the questions on the Tyne and Wear Facebook page - which they promise to answer...
Seem's trains won't be replaced till 2025.
Here is the full reply:
painting stations is part of the station refurbishment plan to improve the environment for passengers. The fleet is going through a 3/4 life refurbishment and we are looking at ways of improving reliability of trains. The fleet is due to be replaced in 2025. Nexus are currently preparing a case to government to get funding for a new fleet.
WHY WEREN'T THEY REPLACED BEFORE!!!!!
Seem's trains won't be replaced till 2025.
Here is the full reply:
painting stations is part of the station refurbishment plan to improve the environment for passengers. The fleet is going through a 3/4 life refurbishment and we are looking at ways of improving reliability of trains. The fleet is due to be replaced in 2025. Nexus are currently preparing a case to government to get funding for a new fleet.
WHY WEREN'T THEY REPLACED BEFORE!!!!!
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(18 Mar 2015, 12:44 pm)Michael wrote Reading some of the questions on the Tyne and Wear Facebook page - which they promise to answer...Funding isn't it. A business case needs to be put to the government, like any other 'project'. The only problem is that there's so many projects bidding for the same pots of money, it won't even be guaranteed by 2025.
Seem's trains won't be replaced till 2025.
Here is the full reply:
painting stations is part of the station refurbishment plan to improve the environment for passengers. The fleet is going through a 3/4 life refurbishment and we are looking at ways of improving reliability of trains. The fleet is due to be replaced in 2025. Nexus are currently preparing a case to government to get funding for a new fleet.
WHY WEREN'T THEY REPLACED BEFORE!!!!!
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(18 Mar 2015, 1:00 pm)aureolin wrote Funding isn't it. A business case needs to be put to the government, like any other 'project'. The only problem is that there's so many projects bidding for the same pots of money, it won't even be guaranteed by 2025.
Yup, No doubt well have bangers for another 20 years............
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