Very interesting article in the Chronicle today, especially this part of it -
Plans for the future
EVEN before work has finished on the nine-year regeneration project Metro bosses at Nexus are looking for what happens in the decade after that.
They are currently considering the next expansion of the system, though the days of multi-million pound Government hand outs are likely to have returned by then.
The Metro could be expanded to new parts of the region after transport bosses unveiled a decade worth of expansion plans.
New city centre trams could be introduced as part of long-term plans being considered by the Tyne and Wear Integrated Transport Authority.
Nine new lines, a mixture of trains, trams and special bus routes, are to be put before the board next week, with members being told they have a “once in a generation” opportunity to radically change the future of the rail system.
The plans include the potential for a new tram train line travelling from Newcastle city centre to the west end, a section of Tyneside not connected to the Metro system.
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