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| Metro extend £1 daily parking offer. |
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Metro is to keep parking charges at Four Lane Ends down to just £1 a day following the success of a trial offer. ...read full story
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| Child and student prices frozen in proposed Metro fare changes – commuters still getting a good deal. |
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Child and student fares on Metro are frozen for 2008 in fare changes for Metro to take effect on January 6 ...read full story
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| New simpler Transfare a boost for passengers. |
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Changing between Bus, Metro, Ferry and local rail will get easier on January 6, 2008, with the launch of a new, simpler, Transfare ticket for Tyne and Wear. ...read full story
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| Haymarket Metro fully open over Christmas holiday. |
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Haymarket Metro station will be fully open from December 21 to January 5, during the Christmas holiday season. ...read full story
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| Pocket size Metro timetables make life easier for passengers this Christmas. |
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Nexus has produced a handy credit card-sized Metro timetable to provide Christmas party-goers with an at-a-glance guide to the last trains from Newcastle, Sunderland, Whitley Bay and South Shields. ...read full story
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| Nexus to subsidise 61 bus services for Boxing Day. |
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Nexus is to pay for 61 bus services to run in Tyne and Wear on Boxing Day – keeping families and friends connected over Christmas with a £1.20 flat adult fare. ...read full story
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| New campaign highlights the rising cost of Metro fare evasion. |
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Nexus has today launched a hard-hitting campaign to highlight the rising cost of Metro fare evasion in the run up to Christmas. ...read full story
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| Santa swaps his sleigh for a Fab 57. |
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Santa will be travelling by bus for the three Saturdays leading up to Christmas, meeting children travelling on board the Fab 57 between 9.30am and 4.30pm. ...read full story
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| Metro crackdown on suspected truants. |
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Nexus has joined forces with the Education Welfare Service and Northumbria Police to crackdown on suspected truants travelling on the Metro system. ...read full story
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| Metro pass holders to get 20% discount this month. |
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Metro is giving an early Christmas present to passengers with four-weekly MetroSaver passes: a 20% discount for December. ...read full story
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| A helping hand. |
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People travelling on Go North East’s X66 Centrelink to do their Christmas shopping in Newcastle city centre and MetroCentre now have a shorter wait to board their bus thanks to the introduction of pavement conductors over the busy festive period. ...read full story
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| Metro runs 50 extra trains a day in December. |
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Metro is to provide an extra 50 train journeys a day to make travel easier for shoppers and party-goers this Christmas. ...read full story
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| Hail and ride bus is just the ticket for passengers in Gateshead. |
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A hail-and-ride bus route set up by Nexus has become a vital transport link for people living on Gateshead’s Leam Lane Estate. ...read full story
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| Metro Re-invigoration garners cross-party support. |
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The £600m bid for Metro Re-invigoration won cross-party support at the North East Economic Forum last week. ...read full story
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| Haymarket Metro reopens Sundays from November 25. |
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Haymarket Metro station will reopen on Sundays from this weekend – in time for the busiest time of year as shoppers flock to Newcastle City Centre.
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| Metro earns national recognition for handling Great North Run crowds. |
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Metro has been honoured in a prestigious national rail awards scheme for its effective management of the huge crowds who travel on the system before and after every Great North Run. ...read full story
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| Passengers in Newcastle and Gateshead asked to back Metro Re-invigoration. |
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Metro passengers in Newcastle and Gateshead are this week being asked to back the £600m bid to modernise the system at a series of road shows. ...read full story
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| Tunnel tolls for buses end after 40 years |
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An agreement between Go North East and Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Authority (PTA) has ended forty years of toll payments for bus services using the Tyne Tunnel and passengers are set to benefit from reduced fares as a result. ...read full story
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| Nexus invests in quality bus shelters for South Tyneside. |
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A new bus shelter in South Tyneside is the latest in a £300,000 investment programme by Nexus to improve public transport in the borough. ...read full story
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| 365 Metro cheats taken to court by Nexus for fare evasion. |
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Metro operator Nexus prosecuted 365 fare cheats during September, netting fines and costs totalling £57,000. ...read full story
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| First new bus Superoute for Tyne and Wear. |
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Gateshead Council has joined forces with Nexus and Go North East to launch Tyne and Wear’s first new Superoute for buses. ...read full story
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| Stagecoach and Nexus celebrate partnership success. |
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Three months into a new working partnership, Stagecoach North East and Nexus are celebrating the success of the first quarter. ...read full story
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| Stagecoach encourage young people to get independent. |
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Bus company Stagecoach is encouraging young people to get into the habit of using public transport with the launch of a new scheme. ...read full story
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| Metro and Shields Ferry prove their worth at Sunday's Great North Run - with 100,000 people using the extra services. |
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Metro and the Shields ferry proved their worth during Sunday’s Great North Run - with 100,000 people using the extra public transport services to get to and from the start and finish. ...read full story
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| Nexus crackdown nets scores of students without a Metro ticket. |
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A crackdown on Metro fare dodgers has seen scores of students caught travelling on the system without tickets between Jesmond and Haymarket station in the centre of Newcastle. ...read full story
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| Ever wondered who moves the 50,000 items of baggage on Great North Run day. |
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It’s not just the runners that need to be taken care of at the Great North Run, it’s all their baggage as well, a few hundred of tonnes of it - and this is where Nexus plays such a vital role. ...read full story
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| Final voyage for 30 year-old Shieldsman for this Sunday's Great North Run. |
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The 30 year-old Shields ferry, The Shieldsman, will enter service for the final time on Sunday in order to carry the large crowds attending the finish of Sunday’s Great North Run. ...read full story
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| North’s biggest artwork in tribute to BUPA Great North Run. |
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Nocturne – the artwork that creates an ever-changing kaleidoscope of colour above the Tyne – is to be changed specially for this weekend’s BUPA Great North Run. ...read full story
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| Nexus wins a prestiguous star award from Shaw Trust. |
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Nexus has scooped a prestigious award for its continued success in helping disabled and disadvantaged people to find work with the organisation. ...read full story
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| Nexus tells pensioners: Sit back, relax, and let us sort out your new National Bus Card. |
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Nexus is to send new national concessionary bus passes to more than 200,000 pensioners and disabled passengers automatically ahead of the new scheme starting in April 2008. ...read full story
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| Metro and Bus to see the QE2 Arrive on the Tyne this Sunday |
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Metro and bus offers the best routes to the mouth of the Tyne to see the arrival of the QE2 on Sunday. ...read full story
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| Metro fare dodgers appear in court. |
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Nexus has successfully prosecuted 131 Metro fare dodgers, netting fines and costs totalling almost £17,000. ...read full story
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| Students can save a packet with a Metro pass. |
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Students on Tyneside and Wearside can make huge savings with a Metro Student Card. ...read full story
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| QuayLink heads for Ouseburn and St Peter's. |
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The familiar yellow QuayLink bus which runs along the Newcastle and Gateshead quaysides has had its route extended to provide improved links with Ouseburn and St Peter’s Basin in Newcastle. ...read full story
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| £50m to be invested in Metro in next two years. |
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More than £50 million will be invested in the modernisation of Metro over the next two years, the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Authority said today. ...read full story
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| Bridge Card helps open public transport to all. |
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A handy new card launched tomorrow (August 29) will help people with learning difficulties use public transport with confidence. ...read full story
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| Shoppers delight as new services introduced to Newcastle and MetroCentre. |
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Shoppers will be able to take advantage of two new bus services to MetroCentre and Newcastle Quayside from September. ...read full story
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| How2Get2 website helps you get to college. |
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A new website has been launched to help students find their way in further education. The website how2get2.co.uk has been launched by Nexus as part of its commitment to help young people in Tyne and Wear get access to education. ...read full story
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| Bus link for Newcastle shoppers is restored. |
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Nexus, working alongside partners Stagecoach and Newcastle City Council, has restored a city bus link between the Red House Farm Estate and North Fawdon areas of Newcastle with the ASDA store on Great North Road. ...read full story
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| Help Go North East find their Bus Driver of the Year. |
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Go North East are asking passengers to vote for their favourite bus drivers in a quest to find the driver of the year.
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| PTA and Nexus secure £12.9m to modernise Metro ticket machines. |
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The Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Authority and Nexus today welcomed news they are to get £12.9m from the Government to install new ticket machines and barriers on Metro. ...read full story
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| New tourist bus in South Shields proves a big hit with passengers |
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A new tourist bus that stops at all of South Shields’ many historic and cultural attractions has proved a big hit with passengers. ...read full story
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| What do you think of your buses now? |
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Passengers in East Gateshead are being asked what they think about their bus services following changes brought in earlier this year. ...read full story
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| Free tourist bus in North Tyneside for August Bank Holiday. |
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The familiar London Routemaster bus will be operating in tandem with an open top double decker along a circular route from Tynemouth Metro station, along the coast to Whitley Bay, and back again. ...read full story
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| Magpie Mover offers Toon fans value for money this season. |
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Newcastle United season ticket holders can still get a value-for-money Magpie Mover pass, which offers unlimited travel on all forms of public transport before and after this season’s home games at St James’ Park. ...read full story
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| Police get new bikes to catch out Metro trespassers in Sunderland. |
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Police are to use mountain bikes in the fight against trespassers on the Metro system in Sunderland, giving them a greater element of surprise to catch offenders red handed. ...read full story
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| Historic station's facelift is just the ticket for Metro passengers. |
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Nexus has successfully completed a £600,000 facelift at Whitley Bay Metro station, making it a vastly improved gateway into the town. ...read full story
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| Nexus names and shames Metro fare dodgers. |
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Metro operator Nexus prosecuted 288 people in July for riding the system without a ticket, netting fines and costs totalling £41,000. ...read full story
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| Mayor GETS record cheque from Metro Lost Property auction. |
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An auction of lost property found on the Tyne and Wear Metro raised a record amount for local charity. ...read full story
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| New Nexus taxi-bus serices makes the right connection. |
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A taxi-bus service linking people in the Lawe Top and Littlehaven areas of South Shields with their town centre has been expanded by Nexus. ...read full story
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| More night bus services for the region. |
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From very early on Saturday, August 4, anyone enjoying a night out at the weekend in Newcastle, Gateshead or Durham will have some new, night-time bus services to take them home. ...read full story
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| Metro sets new record for punctuality. |
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Metro has set new records for punctuality in the last four months, setting it on course to give passengers the best performance by a train company in mainland Britain. ...read full story
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| ID card delay for under 14s Get Around bus tickets. |
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Under 14 year olds travelling on Go North East buses will be able to buy Get Around tickets on the bus without ID cards until August 31. ...read full story
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| How far will 80p take you this summer? |
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Young people with a Nexus Under-16 card can use it on weekdays throughout the summer to get cheaper travel on Tyne and Wear's bus and Metro. ...read full story
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| New bus service will cut travel time in half. |
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Go North East is introducing its fastest bus link between Gateshead and Newcastle to mark the completion of the Felling Bypass bus lane by Gateshead Council. ...read full story
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| Metro station's artwork in the footsteps of bede. |
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A new display of photography at Bede Metro echoes the link between the station and the nearby monastic site of St Paul's Jarrow. ...read full story
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| Northern Rail wins public transport operator of the year. |
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Northern Rail has been voted public transport operator of the year in the National Transport Awards 2007. ...read full story
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| New tourist bus key to South Tyneside's Attractions. |
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A new summer special bus is being launched to make it quicker and easier to visit South Tyneside’s historic, cultural and leisure attractions this summer. ...read full story
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| Nexus saves Winlaton Mill local bus service. |
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Nexus has stepped in to save a community bus service in west Gateshead. ...read full story
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| Wet summer means a bumper haul at Metro lost property auction. |
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Metro’s annual charity auction of items lost on the system and left unclaimed takes place on Wednesday, July 18 in South Shields. ...read full story
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| A taste of luxury for Go North East passengers. |
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Champagne, butlers and Mercedes will make Friday the13th a lucky day for passengers travelling on the X1 and X2 services. ...read full story
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| Nexus saves Gateshead village's bus service. |
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Nexus has stepped in to save a Gateshead village’s bus service after a commercial operator pulled out. ...read full story
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| School buses are just the ticket for primary school pupils on South Tynseside. |
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Nexus is working in partnership with schools across South Tyneside to promote the confident use of school buses among pupils who are making the big step up from primary to secondary education this September. ...read full story
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| Smoking ban is good news for bus passengers. |
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The ban on smoking in public places coming into effect on July 1 will be good news for bus passengers. ...read full story
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| Gold Card-users get all-day travel this summer. |
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Metro Gold Card holders will get the added benefit of all-day-travel throughout July and August, Nexus announced today. ...read full story
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| Felling bypass lane reopens – five weeks early. |
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Gateshead Council succeeded in completing the roadworks on the Felling bypass five weeks ahead of schedule. ...read full story
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| Metro ticket cheats caught out on opening weekend of the Hoppings. |
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Eextra Metro ticket inspections were targeted at the start of the Hoppings on Newcastle’s Town Moor at the weekend - and 289 people were caught and issued with penalty fares. ...read full story
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| Houghton residents get a boost from Nexus LinkUp. |
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Two brand new buses have been brought into service on Sunday (May 27) to carry passengers on a popular dial-a-ride network. ...read full story
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| Extra Metro services for Monday's Rod Stewart concert at St James. |
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Nexus is running extra Metro trains for the Rod Stewart concert at St James’ Park on Monday night, June 25. ...read full story
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| Radio campaign highlights stiffer penalties for Metro ticket cheats. |
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Nexus has launched a radio advertising campaign to hammer home the message that Metro fare evasion doesn’t pay, with ticket cheats now facing an average court bill of £137. ...read full story
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| Police get new bikes to catch out Metro trespassers in Sunderland. |
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Police are to use mountain bikes in the fight against trespassers on the Metro system in Sunderland, giving them a greater element of surprise to catch the offenders red handed. ...read full story
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| New Shields ferry kicks off a summer of Tyne River cruising. |
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The public can get a unique view of the changing Tyneside riverscape from the deck of the new Shields Ferry this weekend, as Nexus embarks on another summer of its hugely-popular Afternoon River Cruises. ...read full story
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| Nexus invests half a million pounds on essential Metro engineering work. |
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Nexus is investing half a million pounds on an essential programme of track renewal on its busiest section of Metro line, which has seen some three million trains run along it during the last 26 years.
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| QuayLink passenger is one in a million. |
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The Quaysides’ big yellow bus has carried a million people in less than two years – and one of them has a particular reason to celebrate. ...read full story
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| Metro's Great Days Out guide hits the shelves for summer. |
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Nexus has launched this year’s Great Days Out guide, showcasing nearly a hundred visitor attractions which can be easily accessed by Metro, bus and the Shields Ferry. ...read full story
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| Keeping on track of the criminals. |
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British Transport Police are solving more crimes on Sunderland’s Metro system than any where else on the rail network through throughout the UK new figures have revealed. ...read full story
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