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| QuayLink yellow bus route continues to grow. |
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The number of passengers using Newcastle-Gateshead’s distinctive yellow QuayLink buses has doubled since the service began, latest figures show. ...read full story
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| New Shields ferry arrives on the Tyne. |
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The new Shields Ferry, Spirit of the Tyne, docked at South Shields last night after a two day journey from the south coast. ...read full story
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| Nexus pioneers new technology in the battle against Metro fare evasion. |
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Metro has become the first rail operator in the country to use handheld computers to tackle fare evasion - allowing inspectors to check addresses, signatures and the previous record of fare cheats on the spot. ...read full story
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| Metro crime down on Tyneside and Wearside. |
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Crime on Metro is down 12 percent on Tyneside and 14 percent on Wearside in the last six months - continuing a trend that has seen incidents fall by a quarter over the previous two years. ...read full story
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| Tyne and Wear PTA welcomes Government's proposals on buses. |
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The Chairman of the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Authority, Cllr David Wood, today welcomed the Government’s draft proposals for the future of the bus industry, Putting Passengers First, which was published today, December 12. ...read full story
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| Nexus unveils giant mural for Spank the Monkey. |
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A giant mural depicting space age images has been unveiled at Byker Metro station on Friday, 8 December, at 1pm. ...read full story
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| Metro fare cheats face higher Average Court Fines. |
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Metro fare dodgers are paying much stiffer penalties for failing to buy a ticket, with court fines and costs rising to an average of £123 per offender in the last eight months. ...read full story
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| Christmas and New Year public transport information from Nexus. (Download a copy of your Christmas and New Year services here) |
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Nexus has secured 63 Boxing Day bus services for a day which traditionally sees thousands of people relying on public transport to visit family and friends. ...read full story
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| Crackdown snares 92 truants on Metro |
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An operation to catch truants on the Tyne and Wear Metro caught 92 children out of class without a good reason, highlighting Nexus’s continuing good work in schools across Tyneside and Wearside. ...read full story
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| Stormy weather delays new Shields ferry. |
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Winter storms have prevented the new £1.9m Shields Ferry, Spirit of the Tyne, travelling to her new North East England home. ...read full story
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| Nexus welcomes Eddington Report on Transport |
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Nexus has welcomed the main findings and recommendations, published today, of the Government’s Eddington Transport Study. ...read full story
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| Thousands expected to take advantage of secured Boxing Day bus routes. |
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Nexus expects to carry in the region of 45,000 passengers on the 63 bus routes it has secured for Boxing Day, a day that traditionally sees scores of people relying on public transport to visit family and friends. ...read full story
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| Public given chance to light up Metro's 'blue bridge'. |
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The public are being given a unique chance to be part of Britain’s biggest light artwork, Nocturne, by sending photos to the website. ...read full story
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| Metro's famous 'yellow M' turns magenta for glow. |
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One of North East England’s most famous brands is turning magenta for Glow, NewcastleGateshead’s first international festival of light and the centerpiece of this year’s Winter Festival.
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| Metro retains prestigious Charter Mark after stringent checks. |
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Metro has retained the Government’s prestigious Charter Mark, which is the national standard for customer service excellence. ...read full story
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| Metro opens car parks free for Sunday Christmas shopper. |
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Metro today announced it is opening two car parks free on Sundays up to Christmas to help out shoppers heading for Newcastle city centre. ...read full story
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| New works on Metro as part of Spank the Monkey. |
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New artworks are to be installed at three Metro stations tonight (Thursday, November 23) as part of BALTIC’s Spank The Monkey exhibition. ...read full story
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| Airport Metro link marks its 15th birthday as passenger numbers take off. |
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The Tyne and Wear Metro link to Newcastle Airport has marked the 15th anniversary of its opening, (November 22), with passenger numbers soaring as more people take short breaks. ...read full story
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| Public get a chance to talk about transport. |
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The public have the opportunity to discuss concerns about public transport in Tyne and Wear at an open day this Saturday (25 November). ...read full story
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| Metro fare review freezes price of Annual MetroSaver. |
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Annual MetroSaver holders and passengers making short journeys will see the price of tickets frozen in a review of Metro fares. ...read full story
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| Preliminary work to start on new Metro station on South Tyneside |
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Survey work for the Simonside Metro station on South Tyneside gets underway on Monday (November 20th), with the contractors on-site for ten days ahead of the project's full start date in the New Year. ...read full story
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| Metro fare dodgers named and shamed. |
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Metro operator Nexus prosecuted 425 people throughout October for riding the system without tickets and failing to pay the penalty fare, netting fines and costs totalling more than £53,000. ...read full story
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| More people choose Metro, latest figures show. |
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The number of passengers using the Tyne and Wear Metro has risen by almost 500,000 in the last year. ...read full story
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| Nexus helps South Tyneside jobless back to work. |
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Nexus is to make a £45,000 contribution to a scheme aimed at helping South Tyneside’s jobless back to work. ...read full story
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| Tyne Dock Metro station set for £100,000 upgrade |
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A Metro station on South Tyneside is to undergo a £100,000 modernisation, with the work set to get start later this month. ...read full story
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| Metro ticket blitz nets 190 fare cheats in Newcastle. |
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Metro operator Nexus caught 190 people riding the system without tickets during a two-day blitz at Jesmond and West Jesmond Metro stations in Newcastle. ...read full story
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| Success prompts Nexus to extend Gateshead taxi-bus service |
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An innovative ‘hail-and-ride’ taxi-bus service is being extended until July next year after proving hugely popular with passengers. ...read full story
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| New scheme to help people with learning difficulties to use public transport |
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Nexus is piloting a scheme to help adults with learning difficulties to gain the confidence to use public transport. ...read full story
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| New Metro station clocks up 200,000 passengers. |
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Metro’s newest station welcomed its 200,000 passenger at the weekend – just over 10 months after opening. ...read full story
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| Nexus Appoints New Metro Director |
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Nexus - the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive - has appointed Mick Carbro Metro Director as it develops its strategy to win major capital investment for the Tyne and Wear Metro system. ...read full story
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| New Shields ferry leaves dry dock for the first time |
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The new Shields ferry has left its dry dock and has been lowered into the water ahead of its planned arrival on the Tyne next month. ...read full story
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| A fresh start for Tyne and Wear's bus network |
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Nexus and the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Authority today set out the case for local control of local buses – to end 20 years of declining services and falling passenger numbers. ...read full story
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| Nexus appoints new Human Resources Director |
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Nexus, the Tyne and Wear Metro operator, has appointed a new Human Resources Director, who is making a welcome return to the north east after 11 years away. ...read full story
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| Extra Metro ticket inspectors in the run-up to Christmas |
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Metro operator Nexus is stepping up ticket inspections on Friday and Saturday evenings in the centre of Newcastle in the run up to Christmas. ...read full story
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| Rising cost of motoring shows the value of Metro |
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The cost of motoring has gone up £539 in the last year alone – but a MetroSaver annual season ticket is frozen in price at just £399. ...read full story
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| Metro fare dodgers named and shamed. |
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Nexus prosecuted 332 people for fare dodging on the Metro throughout September, netting, £43,000 in fines and costs. ...read full story
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| Blitz snares 417 Metro fare dodgers across Tyneside. |
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The clock is ticking for 417 Metro fare cheats who were caught out by routine ticket inspections at the end of last month. ...read full story
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| Nexus steps in to save Sunderland Docks bus |
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Nexus today agreed an emergency contract to save the 14/14A bus after its commercial operator decided to reduce the service. ...read full story
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| No charity for tickets cheats after Sunday's big match at St James' Park |
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Metro operator Nexus caught 202 people riding the system without tickets prior to the charity football match between a team of legends and team of celebrities at St James’ Park on Sunday night. ...read full story
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| It's up and up for LinkUp - the bus you book like a taxi. |
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COUNCIL chiefs on South Tyneside have joined a campaign to promote the Nexus LinkUp service - the bus you can book like a taxi – and build on its early success which has seen it carrying 3,000 passengers a week. ...read full story
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| Metro travel for £8 a week beats the car by miles - say Nexus. |
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Metro operator Nexus has launched a campaign to promote its MetroSaver ticket, offering yearly travel on the system for less than £8 a week, which works out much cheaper than taking the car. ...read full story
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| Key role for Tyne and Wear Metro at Sunday's Great North Run. |
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Tyneside’s public transport network played a key role during Sunday’s Great North Run, with Metros, buses and the Shields ferry carrying more than 30,000 runners and spectators in the few hours before and after the race. ...read full story
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| View and download Spank the Monkey images at Jesmond Metro station |
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Nexus has placed images of the new urban art at Jesmond station on the Image Bank on this site, after requests from the public for photographs. ...read full story
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| Local transport authority to fight rail closure. |
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Plans by Network Rail to dig up a North East rail route have been opposed by members of the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Authority. ...read full story
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| Transport chief welcomes government action on bus travel |
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Councillor David Wood, Chairman of the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Authority, today welcomed news that local communities will be given real powers over the bus network. ...read full story
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| Urban art arrives on Metro for Spank the Monkey |
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Tens of thousands of bus and Metro users will see urban art at stations and interchanges as part of Nexus' contribution to Spank the Monkey. ...read full story
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| QuayLink passenger numbers rise by more than 50 percent.
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Passenger numbers on Newcastle-Gateshead’s QuayLink buses have risen by 53% in the last year, latest figures reveal. ...read full story
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| The iguana's just the tip of the iceberg for Nexus customer service staff |
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The four-foot iguana that was banned from a shopping centre gave Nexus staff a bit of a fright - but it was just one of many weird and wonderful incidents they deal with on a weekly basis. ...read full story
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| Extra Metro, buses, and ferries for this year's Great North Run. |
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Public transport is the ideal way to avoid the traffic jams at next Sunday’s Great North Run between Newcastle and South Shields. ...read full story
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| Nexus uses solar power to aid bus passengers in Tyne and Wear. |
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Nexus has harnessed solar power to help bus passengers in rural parts of Tyneside and Wearside access essential travel information. ...read full story
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| Metro disruption on 17 of September due to essential engineering works. |
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Metro disruption this weekend due to essential engineering works. ...read full story
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| Nexus secures threatened Sunderland bus routes |
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Nexus has secured a popular bus route in Sunderland which had been withdrawn by its commercial operator. ...read full story
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| Nexus names and shames Metro fare dodgers |
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Nexus successfully prosecuted 268 people for fare dodging on the Metro in August, netting £36,000 in fines and costs. ...read full story
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| Two in court for Metro trespass |
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Nexus has successfully prosecuted two men for trespassing on the Metro line. ...read full story
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| Metro catches 119 fare cheats at first Newcastle United home game |
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Metro caught 119 fare cheats during ticket inspections before Newcastle United's game against Wigan - then saw an surge in applications for 'Magpie Mover' fans' travel tickets the next day. ...read full story
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| Nexus nets £53,000 from Metro cheats |
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Nexus has recovered £35,385 in fines and costs from 331 Metro fare cheats who failed to pay a £20 fixed penalty after being caught without a ticket. ...read full story
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| Metro provides inspiration for A-level student |
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An art student has taken inspiration from the Tyne and Wear Metro to pass her A-level graphics exam and secure a place at university. ...read full story
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| Nexus welcomes £20m facelift at Haymarket Metro station |
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Nexus today welcomed the approval of £20m plans to transform Haymarket Metro Station in the centre of Newcastle - used by 60,000 passengers every week. ...read full story
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| New Shields Ferry gets splash of colour |
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The new Shields ferry has now been painted in its colourful new livery, ahead of its arrival on the Tyne later this year. ...read full story
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| Security measures 8 August 2006 |
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The Government's transport security agency, Transec has today advised all surface transport operators to remain at the current high level of security vigilence, in light of a specific threat to air transport identified. ...read full story
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| Metro lost property auction benefits local good causes |
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Money raised from the annual Metro lost property auction has been donated to the Children’s Ward at Gateshead’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the town’s local Law Centre. ...read full story
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| 109 Metro fare cheats get court summons |
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COURT summons will be dropping through the letterboxes of 109 Metro fare cheats who failed to pay a £20 fixed penalty notice. ...read full story
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| Metro inspectors swoop before Newcastle United training session |
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Metro inspectors swoop before Newcastle United training session ...read full story
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| Nexus names and shames Metro fare dodgers |
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Metro operator Nexus prosecuted 311 people in July for riding the system without a ticket and for failing to pay the £20 penalty fare. ...read full story
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| Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Authority names new Director General |
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The Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Authority today (August 2) appointed Bernard Garner as the new Director General of Nexus. ...read full story
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| Haymarket Bus Station set to re-open |
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Haymarket Bus Station set to re-open ...read full story
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| Thousands use bus and Metro to see the Sunderland Airshow |
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More than thirty thousand people used buses and the Tyne and Wear Metro to get to the Sunderland Airshow at the weekend, without the stress of driving and searching for parking spaces. ...read full story
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| Ten secured bus routes withdrawn by Nexus |
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Some bus services secured by Nexus will be withdrawn from Sunday, 30 July in order to balance this year’s budget. ...read full story
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| Extra Metro services for this weekend's Sunderland Airshow |
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Extra Metro trains will be running this weekend as operator Nexus gears up to carry thousands of passengers to this year’s Sunderland International Airshow. ...read full story
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| Nexus celebrates its 25th anniversary of training apprentices at its Metro depot |
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Metro operator Nexus is celebrating 25 years of engineering apprenticeships at its Gosforth train depot, at a time when the engineering industry faces a mounting skill shortage crisis. ...read full story
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| Nexus launches LinkUp - the bus you book like a taxi. |
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Nexus has launched LinkUp – a bus you can book to call at the end of your street which takes you right to your destination, at the time you want to travel. ...read full story
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| Haymarket Bus Station closure |
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Bus services have been re-routed to surrounding streets as a result of the temporary closure of Haymarket Bus Station in Newcastle. ...read full story
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| Shields Ferry journeys double as heatwave hits region |
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Passenger journeys on the Shields ferry doubled over the weekend as scores of people attended the Mouth of the Tyne Festival on Saturday and Sunday. ...read full story
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| Shields Ferry repaired in time for Mouth of Tyne Festival |
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The Shields ferry has been repaired in time for this weekend’s Mouth of the Tyne festival, which is expected to attract large crowds to a series of events on both side of the river. ...read full story
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| Race against time to get Shields Ferry ready for Mouth of Tyne Festival |
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The Shields Ferry Pride of the Tyne has been hauled out of the water for emergency repairs just days before one of the busiest weekend's of the year for passengers. ...read full story
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| Metro Steps Up Fraud Blitzes |
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METRO today announced it is increasing the number of fraud blitzes from this month to turn the screw further on fare dodgers. ...read full story
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| Metro and Nexus to observe two minute silence. |
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The Tyne & Wear Metro will mark the two minute silence to commemorate victims of the July 7 London bombings, from 12 noon on the first anniversary of the attack. ...read full story
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| Metro Gold Card is a passport to summer for pensioners |
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METRO is launching a summer campaign to encourage more pensioners to get out and about, using the great value new Gold Card. | | |
