RE: Tyne and Wear Metro
Yes, but they are so unreliable that metro have to have a high percentage of those in for maintenance at any one time. That won’t be necessary for the new stock, at least in theory. It’s actually unlikely that there will be 84 new trains, in any case. They never run in single car formation and there was more than a hint in the NEXUS new stock feedback bumph that bidders would be encouraged to look at providing one single unit to save on wasted cab space to help with capacity.