(22 Apr 2020, 7:05 pm)Michael wrote The North East would be sent “back to the ice age” if transport bosses were forced into mothballing the Metro during the coronavirus crisis, a council leader has warned.
As the struggling rail network loses close to £1 million a week after passenger numbers dropped more than 90% and still without any promise of any government support, there are mounting fears over the system's future.
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If I need to be somewhere quickly I use the metro and it's the only direct link to Sunderland from where I live