RE: Tyne and Wear Metro
The metro is already running at a vastly reduced frequency. It’s foolish in the extreme to suggest mothballing. I also don’t see why anyone would criticise local government politicians’ who make public calls for assistance. It’s what they are paid to do, after all. Given the government was very quick to support the private bus industry and provided almost instantaneous support to the heavy rail industry, it’s unacceptable that it’s taken this long to assist light rail operators which generally have a much higher percentage of local journeys when compared to heavy rail outside of the London commuter zone.