(04 Jun 2025, 7:18 am)thw1008 wrote https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c331ln47e7ko
"£1.8bn for the North East to extend the Newcastle to Sunderland Metro via Washington"
Good news, about time we actually got funding for the extension.
Hopefully work will start by the end of 2026 or the start of 2027.
(04 Jun 2025, 6:59 pm)DaveFromUpNorth wrote How many metros are required to run the current service a day
According to this comment on RailUkForums:
28 trains a day - will increase by 4 once both lines go every 10 mins, however a reply said, the peak times will return so the number of trains needed will increase again.
https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/tyn...st-7315953
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How will the loop work? - will lines be swapped over?