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| Work this summer to improve Haymarket bus station.
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Work is expected to start this summer to replace the roof at Haymarket bus station and substantially improve waiting areas. ...read full story
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| Nexus to provide 48 Boxing Day bus services. |
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More than 50,000 people are expected to use Boxing Day bus and Metro services provide by Nexus this year – keeping families in touch over the festive season. ...read full story
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| Earlier start for CT passholders in Christmas week. |
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Concessionary Travel passholders in Tyne and Wear will be able to use their passes before 9.30am between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, Nexus said today. ...read full story
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| Nexus and South Tyneside Council extend community bus services. |
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Two new community bus routes in South Tyneside will give neighbourhoods direct links to local supermarkets. ...read full story
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| Safety cameras installed at Metro level crossing. |
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Metro has installed red-light safety cameras at its Callerton Parkway level crossing in Newcastle to help get tough with careless motorists who risk their lives by driving through red ‘stop’ lights when Metro trains are approaching. ...read full story
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| Extra helpers on hand for stress-free travelling |
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As millions of people flock to shopping centres across the region looking for last-minute Christmas bargains, Go North East is helping to make sure their passengers have a stress-free journey to the shops. ...read full story
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| Local community brings Christmas to Gateshead Interchange. |
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Children from St Joseph’s Primary School in Gateshead helped to celebrate the arrival of the first ever Christmas tree to Gateshead Interchange with a carol service at 11am on Friday 12 December. ...read full story
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| One of Newcastle’s best loved bus route bags a £2.5m makeover. |
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Seventeen new buses have been launched into service along Newcastle’s popular route 1. ...read full story
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| Nexus publishes Christmas and New Year public transport services |
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Nexus has published a free leaflet about what public transport services are available over the Christmas and New Year period. ...read full story
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| Essential public transport information for the Christmas period. |
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Essential public transport information for Christmas and New Year 2008. ...read full story
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| New Nexus bus for South Hylton and Pennywell |
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Nexus has stepped in to provide an evening and Sunday bus for South Hylton and Pennywell in Sunderland. ...read full story
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| Nexus opens major new park-and-ride on Metro. |
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Metro’s first new park-and-ride facility for six years has opened. ...read full story
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| Metro to run extra trains in the run up to Christmas. |
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Metro is to run extra trains in the lead up to Christmas to cope with the increased passenger demand. ...read full story
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| Early Christmas present for Metro passengers. |
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This Christmas Metro is offering a massive 20 percent off its four-week Metro tickets which are available to all customers during December. ...read full story
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| Sunderland station gets an escalator. |
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Sunderland’s city centre railway station has its first ever escalator – thanks to Nexus. ...read full story
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| Nexus to provide 48 Boxing Day bus services. |
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Tens of thousands of people are expected to use special Boxing Day bus services put on by Nexus and the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Authority. ...read full story
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| Free Christmas parking at Metro’s big new park-and-ride |
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Drivers can enjoy free parking at Metro’s big new park-and-ride car park at Northumberland Park, when it opens on December 1. ...read full story
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| Metro appoints new Head of Infrastructure and Engineering. |
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The Tyne and Wear Metro has appointed a new Head of Infrastructure Engineering to oversee essential maintenance projects that ensure the smooth operation of the system. ...read full story
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| Nexus staff help out on Sundays at Eldon Square. |
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Nexus staff will be on hand at Eldon Square bus station on Sundays as shoppers flood into Newcastle for Christmas. ...read full story
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| Big new Metro park-and-ride to open on 1 December. |
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Metro’s newest multi-storey car park is to open on 1 December, Nexus announced today. ...read full story
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| Nexus asks for local views on bus plans for South Tyneside. |
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Local people in Jarrow, Boldon and West Shields are to be asked their views on a new plan for the bus network in South Tyneside. ...read full story
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| Metro to launch new health and safety campaign in a bid to cut minor accidents on the system |
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Metro is to launch a hard hitting health and safety campaign aimed at passengers in a bid to reduce the number of minor accidents on the system. ...read full story
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| Nexus plans to improve access to Monkseaton Metro. |
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Nexus has submitted plans to improve access to Monkseaton Metro station. ...read full story
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| Nexus improves access at Fellgate Metro station. |
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Nexus has installed new passenger Help Points at Fellgate Metro to assist passengers when the lifts are out of order. ...read full story
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| Nexus asks views on bus plan for South Tyneside |
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Local people are to be asked their views on a new plan for the bus network in South Tyneside at sessions in Jarrow this Friday. ...read full story
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| Nexus news Winged, silver living stunning Silver Arrows services. |
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At 11am on Thursday, October 30 in Market Square, Sunderland, two winged living statues – glistening in silver from head to toe and bearing bows and arrows - will herald the arrival of Go North East’s brand new Mercedes bus services – the Silver Arrows. ...read full story
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| Bidders invited to register interest in Metro operations contract. |
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Nexus, owner of the Tyne and Wear Metro, today invited potential bidders to declare an interest in a contract to run the Operations side of the business on its behalf. ...read full story
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| Nexus subsidises bus route for Fairways Estate |
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Nexus is to subsidise a useful community bus service for a further year. ...read full story
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| Metro services suspended Chillingham Road to St James until 12.30pm on Sunday 26 October. |
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Metro services will be suspended from the start of service until 12.30pm on Sunday 26 October between Chillingham Road and St James Metro stations to allow for essential engineering works. ...read full story
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| Events to commemorate Danny Marshall |
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Two events are to be held in Newcastle next month to honour the life and achievements of Danny Marshall, former Lord Mayor of Newcastle and Chairman of the Passenger Transport Authority. ...read full story
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| Metro has won four national prizes. |
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Tyne and Wear Metro has won four national prizes at the 2008 UK Light Rail Awards. ...read full story
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| Metro completes £600,000 scheme to renew all five of its level crossings. |
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A £600,000 project to renew all five level crossings on the Metro system has been successfully completed and will ensure they are in excellent working condition for many years to come. ...read full story
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| Gateshead Interchange back to normal Tuesday October 14. |
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Gateshead Interchange will be back to normal for bus passengers Tuesday 14 October as resurfacing work finishes three weeks ahead of schedule. ...read full story
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| Buses are Getting Better |
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A new advertising campaign has been launched to promote the benefits of bus travel, as commuters look for cheaper alternative to the car during the credit crunch. ...read full story
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| Metro fare dodgers face much tougher court fines. |
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Metro prosecuted 494 people for fare evasion during September, netting fines and costs totalling £161,000, and all those who were caught are now facing higher court fines. ...read full story
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| Nexus welcomes new bus station for Washington Galleries. |
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People in Washington are seeing a huge difference in their bus travel as the new Galleries bus station officially opened. ...read full story
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| Public transport website gets record hits |
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More than 115,000 a month are visiting public transport website www.nexus.org,uk to find out about bus, Metro rail and ferry in Tyne and Wear. ...read full story
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| Metro records best ever times at Sunday’s Great North Run |
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Metro saw a record breaking 55,000 passengers board trains between South Shields and Newcastle for Sunday’s Great North Run.
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| Nexus is to run special Shields Ferry tours for people to view the QE2 on the Tyne |
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Nexus is to run special trips on the Shields ferry for people to view the QE2 when she arrives on the Tyne on Wednesday 8 October. ...read full story
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| Simonside Metro station used by over 130,000 people in its first six months |
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Metro’s newest station at Simonside on South Tyneside has been used by more than 130,000 people in the six months since it first opened. ...read full story
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| Bus park-and-ride plans for Tyne and Wear |
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The Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Authority has endorsed plans for £15.3 million of improvements to bus routes. ...read full story
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| UPDATE: Gateshead resurfacing, bus stands move. |
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Resurfacing at Gateshead Interchange enters its final phase on Monday, 29 September. ...read full story
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| Nexus launches new graduate development programme. |
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Nexus has launched its first ever graduate development programme to attract the very best skills from around the UK and Europe. ...read full story
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| Nexus takes part in National Fraud Initiative 2008. |
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Nexus is to supply information it holds on concessionary passholders to the Government’s Audit Commission as part of a national data matching project. ...read full story
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| Transport Secretary leads train naming to honour the late Barbara Castle. |
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Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly today joined the family of Barbara Castle to help name a Northern Rail train after the late Labour MP and first woman Transport Minister. ...read full story
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| Crime on Metro falls for a fifth successive year. |
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Crime on the Tyne and Wear Metro has fallen for a fifth successive year, with incidents of assaults down by 20 percent and robberies down by almost 40 percent. ...read full story
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| Metro services to Newcastle Airport have resumed. |
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Metro services to Newcastle Airport returned to normal on the morning of Thursday September 18. ...read full story
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| New lift begins work at Sunderland. |
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A new passenger lift at Sunderland station’s south concourse came into service today, 16 September 2008. ...read full story
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| Young people quiz experts on climate change. |
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Young people from across the region will this week get to quiz experts over the measures needed to tackle climate change at an event in North Tyneside. ...read full story
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| "Ten" good reasons for using new bus. |
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There are "Ten" good reasons for using the bus between Greenside, Ryton, Blaydon and Newcastle, after new investment by Go North East in the busy commuter route. ...read full story
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| Benton Metro station footbridge reopens. |
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The footbridge at Benton Metro station has now reopened to passengers. ...read full story
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| Nexus hails market update event for Metro a success |
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Almost 100 leading figures from the rail, engineering industry attended a successful Market Update event organised by Nexus to take forward its Metro: All Change investment programme. ...read full story
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| Thousands of children sign up for cheaper travel |
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Nexus today reported a big surge in applications for its Under 16 Card – as parents and children make sure they can enjoy cheaper public transport. ...read full story
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| Metro services suspended until further notice Kingston Park to Newcastle Airport due to flooding |
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Metro services between Newcastle Airport and Kingston Park will be suspended until further notice due to the weekend’s flooding, the worst seen on the Metro system since 1994. ...read full story
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| Passenger Transport Authority Members’ Visit 2008 |
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There was plenty for the members of the Tyne and Wear Passnger Transport Authority to see on their annual Nexus visit. ...read full story
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| Nexus names and shames Metro fare dodgers |
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Nexus prosecuted 407 people during August for Metro fare evasion, netting fines and costs £47,000. ...read full story
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| Quaylink passenger numbers reach new high |
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The number of people using the Quaylink bus has risen 21% in the last year to almost 800,000 – a new record for the low-emission city centre service. ...read full story
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| Parents urged: get Nexus Under 16 applications in now. |
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Parents are being urged to get their children’s applications for Nexus Under 16 Cards in now ahead of the start of the new school term. ...read full story
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| Resurfacing work at Gateshead Interchange |
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Buses using Gateshead Interchange will be calling at different stands for up to 10 weeks while roads within the bus station are resurfaced. ...read full story
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| All mobility scooters banned from Metro. |
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All mobility scooter use has been banned on the Tyne and Wear Metro following a series of accidents in which users and other passengers could have been killed or seriously injured. ...read full story
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| Nexus changes Whitley Bay minibus services. |
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Local minibus services in Whitley Bay are changing from 1 September to better match demand in different neighbourhoods. ...read full story
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| Man ordered to pay £337.50 for drinking alcohol on Metro. |
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A 21 year old man has had what was probably the most expensive drink of his life after being fined £262.50 and ordered to pay £75 court costs for drinking alcohol on the Metro. ...read full story
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| Nexus launches new Birtley Taxi-Bus. |
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A new Taxi-Bus will run six times a day connecting neighbourhoods in Birtley Northside with the centre of the Gateshead village. ...read full story
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| Whitley Bay Metro station to host Green Festival. |
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Whitley Bay Metro station is the venue for North Tyneside’s first ever Green Festival on Saturday August 30. ...read full story
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| Metro sets new record for running trains on time. |
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Tyne and Wear Metro was the best performing rail operator in the UK last year, new figures show. ...read full story
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| First of three new escalators enters service at Haymarket Metro station. |
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The first of three new escalators at Haymarket Metro station entered passenger service today as the £20m redevelopment of the station really starts to take shape just a year after the works first started. ...read full story
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| 100,000 young people could miss out on cheaper travel. |
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Up to 100,000 children and young people are missing out on cheap bus and Metro travel because they do not have a Nexus Under 16 Card. ...read full story
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| Important information for Newcastle United season ticket holders about the Magpie Mover. |
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Newcastle United season ticket holders are today being advised that applications for Magpie Mover tickets will be held up due to the delay in posting out the new season tickets. ...read full story
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| Nexus appoints a new Director of Finance. |
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The Tyne and Wear Metro operator, Nexus, has appointed a new Director of Finance and Resources. John Fenwick has joined from the Northumbria Probation Service, where he was Director of Finance, ICT and Performance for the past five years.
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| Rail industry invited to find out more about £350 million Metro modernisation programme and market-testing of operations. |
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Nexus, the owner of the Tyne and Wear Metro, is to invite leading companies in rail industry to Newcastle on 9 September 2008 to find out more about its £350 million modernisation programme for Metro. ...read full story
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| British Transport Police campaign to tackle cycle thefts in the North East. |
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Cyclists in the area are being given the chance to make their bikes more secure thanks to a scheme being run by British Transport Police. ...read full story
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| Get closer to nature by bus, Metro and train |
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Explore the natural delights around Newcastle without using the car. Here’s a Nexus guide to wildlife and countryside destinations easy to reach by bus and Metro. ...read full story
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| Comedians inspired by Metro. |
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Every day life on Metro has inspired two comedians who are taking their act to New York. ...read full story
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| Nexus appoints the first ever woman to manage the Shields Ferry. |
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Nexus has appointed the first ever woman to manage the Shields Ferry service in its proud 700 year history. ...read full story
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| New community bus network for South Tyneside launched. |
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Up to 30,000 passengers a year across South Tyneside are expected to benefit from a new community bus network launched today by Nexus, South Tyneside Council and Connect Community Transport. ...read full story
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| Nexus gives Metro passengers the chance to win some great prizes |
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Nexus is giving Metro passengers the chance to win a host of great prizes this summer as part of a free scratch card giveaway. ...read full story
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| We did it! Nexus secures multi-million pound funding for Metro Re-invigoration. |
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Nexus has secured more than £300 million commitment from Government to invest in the next phase of renewal and modernisation for the Tyne and Wear Metro. ...read full story
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| Metro fare cheats facing average court fines of £140. |
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Metro fare cheats are paying out average court fines of almost £140 for riding on the system without a ticket. ...read full story
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| Tyne river cruises on the Shields Ferry are more popular than ever. |
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Nexus said today that its summer cruises on the Tyne on board the Shields Ferry are proving more popular than ever before. ...read full story
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