Tyne and Wear Metro facts for kids

Tyne and Wear Metro is a rapid transit in Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside and Sunderland in United Kingdom.

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Images for kids

The Queen Elizabeth II Bridge under construction in 1978.
A Metrocar at Tynemouth in 1980, on the first part of the network to be opened.
Four Lane Ends, one of many transport interchanges built around a Metro station
Phase 1 saw new ticket machines and barriers installed at major stations such as Monument (pictured).
A Metrocar in the new black and yellow livery adopted in 2015.
The prototype Metrocar, 4001, has been restored to its original livery (seen here at South Hylton in 2005).
The red version of the livery used from the mid-1990s until 2015.
Whitley Bay Metro station, one of the network's former railway stations.
Wallsend station is probably the only station in Britain with signs in Latin.
Map of the central Newcastle and Gateshead section of the Metro. Metro routes are in red, and dotted red lines are tunnel sections.
Metro tunnel on the north-south line under Newcastle during construction.
Metrocars stabled at the Gosforth depot in 2010.
Metro cube sign at Blackett Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne