(19 Jun 2021, 5:22 pm)Metroline1511 wrote Strange as it is not exactly between Newcastle and Sunderland. Mind you, the post indicating that Sunderland Council have a stake would explain why the Metro service changed to provide through trains from the Airport to Sunderland instead of South Shields.
Pretty sure it is a legacy of the old T&W County Council and them having shares.
When that was abolished, each of the 'new' authorities, got a percentage of the airport.