Tyne and Wear Metro

The Tyne and Wear Metro (known simply as the Metro) is a light rail metro system based around Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland, in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. The network opened in 1980, and in 2005-2006 provided 36.6 million public journeys on its route of nearly 78 kilometres. It is operated by the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive (TWPTE) using the trading name Nexus.
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