(22 Jul 2015, 7:02 am)danpick wrote What was its headcode?

(22 Jul 2015, 11:52 am)Dan wrote 0638am from Stadium of Light to Airport - no idea about the headcode..?

(22 Jul 2015, 4:48 pm)danpick wrote The little LED number at the front it should be 101-112.

(22 Jul 2015, 10:39 pm)idiot wrote Well after 3 days of going to RVI and back I have to say the metro has been very reliable and cheaper than car parking to!

(23 Jul 2015, 3:24 pm)GX03 SVC wrote Thank you for cursing us. Thank you so much... 

(24 Jul 2015, 6:19 am)Dan wrote Does anyone know how Tyne and Wear Metro's Next Stop Announcement system works?

Currently on 4062 and one screen is showing "Next station is East Boldon" then the usual patter which follows it, but another screen is repeatedly flashing "Seaburn", as if it is stuck on the "This is" / "Seaburn" announcement.

I regularly notice problems like this on the Metro, but we never seem to have problems like this on buses (although admittedly there's only one screen).

(24 Jul 2015, 6:19 am)Dan wrote Does anyone know how Tyne and Wear Metro's Next Stop Announcement system works?

Currently on 4062 and one screen is showing "Next station is East Boldon" then the usual patter which follows it, but another screen is repeatedly flashing "Seaburn", as if it is stuck on the "This is" / "Seaburn" announcement.

I regularly notice problems like this on the Metro, but we never seem to have problems like this on buses (although admittedly there's only one screen).

(24 Jul 2015, 5:06 pm)GX03 SVC wrote Teen considered gassing Metro passengers, court hears.
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/crime/teen-considered-gassing-metro-passengers-court-hears-1-7376334

(26 Jul 2015, 5:24 pm)GX03 SVC wrote Looks like some clever person has got out some new crayons... meet 'Metro Character'.
https://www.facebook.com/mymetrotw/photos/a.389166147769296.95223.273400136012565/1003585162994055/?type=1

(26 Jul 2015, 9:33 pm)BusLoverMum wrote Never stuck for places to go, apart from the western (more than) half of Tyneside!

Even years back, as a student, when the metro was still very new, we had long, slightly drunken discussions about how the metro didn't actually go anywhere near the Metrocentre!

(27 Jul 2015, 2:49 pm)R852 PRG wrote Despite having a very frequent Northern Rail service, I have actually thought to myself that the Metro should serve the MetroCentre. I imagine it was due to the fact that the Tyne and Wear Metro first opened in 1980, and the MetroCentre in 1986; had it been the other way around, I'm sure the MetroCentre would have been incorporated into the network.

(29 Jul 2015, 10:24 am)Michael wrote There are delays systemwide due to signalling problems. Delays of up to 15 mins between Airport and South Hylton Delays of up to 15 mins between St James and South Shields Delays of up to 15 mins between South Gosforth and Pelaw

(30 Jul 2015, 5:43 pm)Malarkey wrote 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 wrote 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/north-east-news/30m-refurbishment-tyne-wear-metro-9756009

(30 Jul 2015, 5:46 pm)Michael wrote 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 wrote 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 wrote 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 wrote 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 wrote 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 wrote 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 wrote 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.