Queen Elizabeth II takes a ride on the Tyne and Wear Metro after opening the £280m project at Newcastle. With her is Councillor Richard Fenwick.

3 visits by The Queen. 1.5 billion passengers, so 34 million passengers a year. 17,000 kilometres every day. The Metro celebrates its 40th Birthday!

The Tyne and Wear Metro turns 40!

The light rail service is losing £500,000 a week.

Tyne & Wear Metro gets £8.5m boost in third Government bailout 

Good weather results in boost in passenger numbers for the Tyne and Wear Metro.

Heatwave sparks huge surge in Tyne & Wear Metro passengers 

Kevin Ditshego-Taiwo Instagram post sowing him wearing a pink balaclava and posing with a replica firearm inside the West Jesmond Tyne & Wear Metro Station.

Kevin Ditshego-Taiwo was also wearing a pink balaclava. He has been punished for his "act of stupidity"

Man in court after taking replica firearm into Newcastle station

Officers had been deployed to Cullercoats station on July 31 after reports of up to 100 teenagers gathering on the platforms.

'Abusive' teenager arrested after police respond to huge crowds of children

Tyne & Wear Metro chiefs are hoping for a massive new bailout that will save the struggling network from £500,000-a-week losses

 Hopes of massive Metro bailout to avert losses once government cash runs out

A female commuter was allegedly groped over the clothing as she travelled on a Metro from Gateshead to Pelaw. 

Police appeal to trace a man following a report of a sexual assault on the Metro

Days after a total shut down of the Tyne and Wear Metro service, more strikes have been announced for 6-7 January 2020.

More Metro strikes planned for the New Year

On 21-22 December, there will be no service on the Tyne & Wear Metro. Here are the details of the disruption.

The Tyne & Wear Metro Strike: what you need to know

A strike by RMT union members means that there will be no services, across the whole Metro network, on Friday 20 and Saturday 21 December.

Christmas shoppers and football fans face major disruption during Metro strike

From Sunday 2 December, Nexus will publish the predicted level of Metro service frequency in a 'traffic light' style system.

Metro passengers advised to check for delays before travelling

The closure will allow work to continue on South Shields' new £21m bus and Metro interchange.

Metro to close between South Shields and Chichester for four weeks

Services on the Tyne and Wear Metro are to remain suspended between Benton and St James. 

Disruption on Tyne and Wear Metro with services suspended again

Thieves made away with a substantial amount of cable in the South Drive area of Hebburn during Tuesday night.

Disruption for thousands of commuters after theft of Metro cable

Nexus has announced that they are in the process of buying a new train fleet for the Tyne and Wear Metro.

Tyne Tees Tyne And Wear Metro