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RE: Tyne and Wear Metro - NEB Admin Team - 17 Jan 2013 That sounds like a nightmare! It was only until very recently where I got used to which trains run from each of the four platforms, so having Metros arriving on both sides would have totally confused me not too long ago! I think the announcements need to enunciate a bit better too. First day in my job I heard the Metro was delayed by 15 minutes which I didn't think was too bad; turns out it was 50 minutes instead, had to get a taxi and was still late! RE: Tyne and Wear Metro - Dan - 19 Jan 2013 A 'Behind the scenes' film looks at escalator replacement project, in a new article on Nexus' website. http://www.nexus.org.uk/news/2012/behind-scenes-film-looks-escalator-replacement-project RE: Tyne and Wear Metro - NEB Admin Team - 20 Jan 2013 Cheers for posting that link! I had no idea so much work was involved with escalator replacements. I didn't know that when there are no passengers on-board that they run at a slower speed to conserve energy. I always wondered why the Sunderland escalator begins to make more noise as soon as someone steps on, so I guess that's why. RE: Tyne and Wear Metro - Dan - 20 Jan 2013 (20 Jan 2013, 1:52 pm)Brandon Cheers for posting that link! I had no idea so much work was involved with escalator replacements. I didn't know that when there are no passengers on-board that they run at a slower speed to conserve energy. I always wondered why the Sunderland escalator begins to make more noise as soon as someone steps on, so I guess that's why. I had wondered why too! I've only noticed it on early Sunday mornings when Sunderland train station is rather depleted and so you can hear every slight movement. It happened today too, in fact! There was a train guy wandering around and he got on the escalator and it'd started making a louder noise. I was like 'Ahh, now I know why!' Haha. Metro replacement service 900 operated by GNE was quite quiet today - I found myself being the only passenger on the upper deck of the bus quite frequently! Vehicles operating it today were: Chester-le-Street based 3887 (NK51 UCP) Stanley based 6012 (V312 LGC) Washington based 6001 (NK11 BGZ) Deptford based 6018 (V218 LGC) Chester-le-Street based 3889 (NK51 UCS) Think that was all of 'em! RE: Tyne and Wear Metro - Dan - 08 Feb 2013 Haven't had an update on here for quite a while, but here we go... To kick us back off again, an article on Nexus' website was published earlier today. The Tyne and Wear Metro is to benefit from a £23 million funding boost, Local Transport Minister Norman Baker confirmed today. To view the article itself, see the link below: http://www.nexus.org.uk/news/2013/funding-boost-metro RE: Tyne and Wear Metro - Dan - 08 Feb 2013 Also, Metro disruptions this week are as follows: 10th February - No trains Airport to Kingston Park Source: www.nexus.org.uk/metro RE: Tyne and Wear Metro - Dan - 14 Feb 2013 Old Metro ticket machine to go in a museum 06th February 2013 Source: http://www.nexus.org.uk/news/2013/old-metro-ticket-machine-go-museum RE: Tyne and Wear Metro - Dan - 14 Feb 2013 Timetable changes have been advertised on the Nexus website which are effective from 22nd February 2013. Some train times and routes between Pelaw, South Gosforth, Regent Centre and Benton are being revised to provide a more efficient service. To view the changes, see the document on the link below: http://www.nexus.org.uk/sites/nexus.org.uk/files/documents/timetable_updates/22%20February%202013.pdf Source: www.nexus.org.uk/metro ___________________________________________________ Metro disruptions this weekend: 16th February - Major Line Closure Byker to North Shields Source: www.nexus.org.uk/metro RE: Tyne and Wear Metro - NEB Admin Team - 14 Feb 2013 Cheers for that Dan! I'll get the complete timetable edited and re-posted with the revised times before the 22nd. I'll also upload in PDF format, as well as Excel. RE: Tyne and Wear Metro - Dan - 14 Feb 2013 (14 Feb 2013, 11:39 pm)Brandon Cheers for that Dan! I'll get the complete timetable edited and re-posted with the revised times before the 22nd. I'll also upload in PDF format, as well as Excel. I did pity you when I read '1 timetable change' - wasn't sure how big the changes were going to be! :L RE: Tyne and Wear Metro - NEB Admin Team - 14 Feb 2013 (14 Feb 2013, 11:41 pm)Daniel(14 Feb 2013, 11:39 pm)Brandon Cheers for that Dan! I'll get the complete timetable edited and re-posted with the revised times before the 22nd. I'll also upload in PDF format, as well as Excel. It's alright I'm just pleased that they've mentioned which trips are changing - rather than the 9 December changes where they just said that a new timetable would be coming into operation with no specific details - so like go away and check them yourself sort of thing! RE: Tyne and Wear Metro - NEB Admin Team - 16 Feb 2013 Below are the links to the revised Tyne and Wear Metro timetable effective from Friday 22 February 2013. There are minor changes to some train times and routes between Pelaw, South Gosforth, Regent Centre and Benton - which are being revised to provide a more efficient service. Monday to Friday - To Airport & St James Monday to Friday - To South Hylton & South Shields Saturday - To Airport & St James Saturday - To South Hylton & South Shields Sunday - To Airport & St James Sunday - To South Hylton & South Shields I'll also include the complete Excel document, so it can be customised to how you like it such as additional Northern Rail stations, different colours etc. I've purposely kept it basic to keep the file size as small as possible to ease downloading. The layout of the Excel document seems to work best to convert to the PDF layouts I've linked to above. Complete Tyne and Wear Metro Timetable I have done rather a lot of random "station checks" to ensure that all times are correct, and everything has checked out so far. But I am only human and if you spot a mistake, please do get in touch and I'll be more than happy to correct it and re-post. I would recommend double-checking the Nexus timetable for your station before travel just to be sure. Remember that train times will change on Public Holidays. Check with Nexus and/or Northern Rail for travel advice on these dates. RE: Tyne and Wear Metro - Dan - 17 Feb 2013 Thanks for that Brandon, rather swift and very helpful to everyone who wants this format of timetable. In other news, the first day of the six-day Byker-North Shields closure commenced yesterday. It was operated by Go North East. Some of the vehicles which were used are below, with the appropriate hyperlinks given: - Gateshead-based 3966 - [this is one to look at, read the description] (danielgrahamm) - Gateshead-based 3975 (danielgrahamm) - Winlaton-based 3970 (danielgrahamm) - Winlaton-based 6025 (danielgrahamm) - Deptford-based 6020 (danielgrahamm) - Washington-based 6013 (danielgrahamm) RE: Tyne and Wear Metro - Dan - 24 Feb 2013 Owing to a line closure between South Gosforth and Kingston Park to allow for modernisation work, until about 12:30pm on Sunday 24th February, Arriva North East operated a bus replacement service on behalf of Nexus to cover for the usual Metros that had been affected. Photos can be seen below: 7459 (danielgrahamm) 7459 (danielgrahamm) 7462 (danielgrahamm) 7463 (danielgrahamm) 7607 (danielgrahamm) In other news, there were severe disruptions to all services today. Many screens at stations said, "Delays to services. Metro apologise". This was likely due to a staff shortage today (see attachment) and also a train failure. Said train failure occurred at South Gosforth station. As a result, it had to wait to be taken away. This then caused delays to the services behind the signals prior to arriving at this station. When I got off at South Gosforth (after arriving 14 minutes late), there was a backlog of two separate Metros behind the one I'd just gotten off. The driver's initial reasoning for the Metro being stuck at a red signal was because the Metro infront was on the green light, and due to the line closure as mentioned above, the Metro had to navigate its way from one side of the Metro track to the other... Five minutes later though, he did say that it was due to the train failure. RE: Tyne and Wear Metro - Dan - 28 Feb 2013 Metro encourages passengers to join the transport revolution - See more at: http://www.nexus.org.uk/news/2013/metro-encourages-passengers-join-transport-revolution#sthash.JYtuHQJe.dpuf RE: Tyne and Wear Metro - Dan - 28 Feb 2013 Disruptions occurring later this week: 2nd March - No trains South Gosforth to Northumberland Park Me thinks it's an Arriva one again! RE: Tyne and Wear Metro - Dan - 28 Feb 2013 Final update for today - all in separate posts so it's easier to read! Students get new Metro smartcard - See more at: http://www.nexus.org.uk/news/2013/students-get-new-metro-smartcard#sthash.TLvCuLD6.dpuf RE: Tyne and Wear Metro - tyresmoke - 28 Feb 2013 (28 Feb 2013, 9:56 pm)Daniel Disruptions occurring later this week: Registered on VOSA today by Arriva RE: Tyne and Wear Metro - Dan - 01 Mar 2013 I'd still love to know why Tyne and Wear operators register Metro replacement work - surely, as it's rail replacement work, they needn't? After all, that's classed as private and work and need not be registered... RE: Tyne and Wear Metro - Kuyoyo - 01 Mar 2013 (01 Mar 2013, 4:18 pm)Daniel I'd still love to know why Tyne and Wear operators register Metro replacement work - surely, as it's rail replacement work, they needn't? After all, that's classed as private and work and need not be registered... Because they issue Metro Tickets and take fares, they have to be registered with VOSA. Normal Rail Replacement runs don't take fares or issue tickets. |