(12 Feb 2016, 5:34 pm)DanPicken wrote Thanks Jimmi, just as I don't remember seeing anything in the Upcoming Changes.

Think VOSA's website has been playing up again this week so it may have been missed. I just checked the whole week for the area.

Tyne and Wear Metro
2 mins ·
There are delays of up to 15 mins to trains running between Shiremoor and St James due to a failed train. Please leave extra time for your journey.


Just get new bloody trains for god sake!

(18 Feb 2016, 8:15 pm)Michael wrote Tyne and Wear Metro
2 mins ·
There are delays of up to 15 mins to trains running between Shiremoor and St James due to a failed train. Please leave extra time for your journey.


Just get new bloody trains for god sake!

Apart from when it's off, when isn't the Metro failing or delayed in general?

Might be delays to the metro as one of the trains bound for South Shields failed and i was on it en route home

20 things you only know if you travel on the Tyne and Wear Metro

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/loca...Chron-main

Tyne and Wear Metro
2 mins ·
Minor delays system wide due to failed train and power fault, trains running to all destinations but not to timetable


Bazza will be glad he got the 27 home!

(19 Feb 2016, 7:15 pm)Michael wrote Tyne and Wear Metro
2 mins ·
Minor delays system wide due to failed train and power fault, trains running to all destinations but not to timetable


Bazza will be glad he got the 27 home!

My first full week of not having to use the Metro to travel to work has been excellent. I'm so glad I don't have to wake up on a morning and worry about if the Metro is working.

(19 Feb 2016, 7:15 pm)Michael wrote Tyne and Wear Metro
2 mins ·
Minor delays system wide due to failed train and power fault, trains running to all destinations but not to timetable


Bazza will be glad he got the 27 home!

When I was heading home I got the Metro earlier than expected as the one before was late, had I not caught this I would of been stuck behind Bazza's failed Metro.

(19 Feb 2016, 7:15 pm)Michael wrote Tyne and Wear Metro
2 mins ·
Minor delays system wide due to failed train and power fault, trains running to all destinations but not to timetable


Bazza will be glad he got the 27 home!

Was planning to get the metro home but a failed train after Central Station we were all chucked off and put on alternative transport in my case 27 bus

(19 Feb 2016, 7:19 pm)Dan wrote My first full week of not having to use the Metro to travel to work has been excellent. I'm so glad I don't have to wake up on a morning and worry about if the Metro is working.

I only use it on Thursdays for college but i haven't this week, i feel the same way haha.

(19 Feb 2016, 7:22 pm)Michael wrote I only use it on Thursdays for college but i haven't this week, i feel the same way haha.

Having the ability to get to/from work in the car in about 20 minutes, depending on the time of day I travel, is far superior than having to rely on the Metro.

Even when you do have to sit in traffic; you're sitting there in your own space and comfort, and can relax.

(19 Feb 2016, 7:25 pm)Dan wrote Having the ability to get to/from work in the car in about 20 minutes, depending on the time of day I travel, is far superior than having to rely on the Metro.

Even when you do have to sit in traffic; you're sitting there in your own space and comfort, and can relax.

And you have the radio etc, you can even have a sing along even though u look like an idiot doing it.

I'd rather have a car but the Northern train is good for me atm.

4001 on train 127

Aside from all the delays, I think the Metro has always churned out some good special liveries. What's been your favourite? Mine is this one:

http://s3.freefoto.com/images/23/33/23_33_14_web.jpg

4001/40 on 127 again

Haymarket metro currently being evacuated. Bleeding noisy alarms.

https://twitter.com/ouryve/status/701031...68352?s=09

(20 Feb 2016, 1:11 pm)BusLoverMum wrote Haymarket metro currently being evacuated. Bleeding noisy alarms.

https://twitter.com/ouryve/status/701031...68352?s=09

Ouch. Hope it's nothing serious!

(20 Feb 2016, 4:44 pm)Adrian wrote Ouch. Hope it's nothing serious!

Can't find anything about it in my Twitter feed. Might have to dig deeper.

Edit: just a fire alarm, apparently.

And my metro had somehow disappeared from my travel list.

(20 Feb 2016, 4:51 pm)BusLoverMum wrote Can't find anything about it in my Twitter feed. Might have to dig deeper.

Fire Alarm.

Who's doing the 900?

(21 Feb 2016, 11:33 am)DanPicken wrote Who's doing the 900?

Arriva according to someone on Facebook.

(21 Feb 2016, 12:43 pm)Davie wrote Arriva according to someone on Facebook.

Me? 7508/9/17, 7612, 7484/92/4. are on the 900.

Tyne and Wear Metro
2 mins ·
Service suspended between Heworth Jarrow & Brockley whins due to a technical fault Go North east No 27 9 88 are accepting metro tickets

Not a good start to the day:

Tyne and Wear Metro
59 mins
There are delays of up to 20 mins between St James and South Shields , up to 20 mins between South Shields and St James, this is due to a technical fault.

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Reports on the Sort out the Metro (official) group..... failed train at Jesmond is causing delays........


Good luck everyone.......

AND AGAIN!


Tyne and Wear Metro
30 mins ·
There are delays of up to 15 mins to trains running between Jesmond and Airport and The Coast due to a failed train. Please leave extra time for your journey.



The Q&A on the Metro Facebook and Twitter is finishing soon but here is one of the questions:


There has been a huge spike recently in the number of trains being withdrawn from service because of train faults. Have the causes of these faults been identified and permanently rectified? Or are the same faults recurring? What is the long- and short-term plan to stop these faults occurring?


Tyne and Wear Metro 

The short term plan includes the recent employment of more engineering staff in our maintenance department. In the longer term Nexus are currently working with Government to secure the funding to procure new rolling stock.


Tyne and Wear Metro thanks for the reply. The first part of my question still stands though. Have the causes of these faults been identified and permanently rectified? Or are they same faults recurring?



I like how they've only answered half of the question.............

(24 Feb 2016, 6:55 pm)Michael wrote AND AGAIN!


Tyne and Wear Metro
30 mins ·
There are delays of up to 15 mins to trains running between Jesmond and Airport and The Coast due to a failed train. Please leave extra time for your journey.

If its failed trains new trains should be here sooner than later

(24 Feb 2016, 6:57 pm)biglugs@yahoo.com wrote If its failed trains new trains should be here sooner than later

Should of done that instead of refurbishing the current fleet.......... be interesting to see if the Government will actually give them funding for new trains though....... won't be between 2020-2025 though.... that's if the current trains last that long!   

(24 Feb 2016, 7:00 pm)Michael wrote Should of done that instead of refurbishing the current fleet.......... be interesting to see if the Government will actually give them funding for new trains though....... won't be between 2020-2025 though.... that's if the current trains last that long!   

So pleased I don't have to relay on the Metro.

(24 Feb 2016, 7:01 pm)Davie wrote So pleased I don't have to relay on the Metro.

I only use it once a week so it's not bad, i normally get the Northern train to Newcastle on the morning but on the evening, by the time i finish and walk to Central, i miss the 4:30pm one back to Sunderland so its the dreaded Metro.

(24 Feb 2016, 7:05 pm)Michael wrote I only use it once a week so it's not bad, i normally get the Northern train to Newcastle on the morning but on the evening, by the time i finish and walk to Central, i miss the 4:30pm one back to Sunderland so its the dreaded Metro.

Mind the 93/94 on peak times in a nightmare due to the traffic on the Team Valley.