(14 Dec 2014, 10:41 am)Dan wrote Refurbished Metrocar 4036... What a nightmare!
It has more squeaks and rattles than a Dart, is missing a fleet number at the 'A' side (has been written on with a biro instead), and the Next Stop Announcements keep repeating 'This train terminates at the next station: Pelaw' at every single station, with the driver announcing what should be said instead.
I rarely if ever use the Metro, Dan.
However, I remember quite a while back I did a very short stint from Gateshead to Monument. Can't even remember the fleet number (which isn't quite right, for me!
), but it had random announcements blaring throughout the whole of the pretty short journey. Most of us were standing, too.