Tyne and Wear Metro

The Tyne in addition to Wear Metro is an overground together with underground owned and operated by a Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive branded as Nexus, thus is fully under public ownership and operation.

In 2018–19, an estimated 36.4 million passenger journeys were portrayed on the Metro, making it the third-most used Manchester Metrolink 43.7 million passenger journeys.

The initial Tyne and Wear Metro network opened between August 1980 and March 1984, mostly using converted former railway ordering linked with new tunnel infrastructure. Further extensions to the original network were opened in November 1991 from Bank Foot to Airport and March 2002 from Pelaw to Sunderland and South Hylton.

Expansion and growth

In November 1991, the Tyne and Wear Metro was extended to Ponteland Railway, with two stations constructed at Callerton Parkway and Airport.

In March 2002, a £100 million extension, covering 11.5 miles 18.5 km, was opened from St. Peter's. Between Penshaw-Sunderland line, which closed to passenger traffic in May 1964, was used as the alignment of the route. Five purpose-built stations at Park Lane, University, Millfield, Pallion and South Hylton were constructed for the network.