(22 Nov 2017, 6:46 pm)Adrian wrote "4.57 Tyne & Wear Metro – The government will invest £337 million from the NPIF to replace
the Tyne & Wear Metro’s nearly 40-year-old rolling stock with modern energy-effcient trains.
The new fleet will cut running costs while boosting performance and reliability for the 38 million
passengers that use the system annually. "
So specifically for the new rolling stock.
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nort...p-13938410
No PFI by the looks of it either!