Tyne & Wear Metro
- 01/04/1969 Tyneside Passenger Transport Authority established.
- 1973 Tyneside Mertropolitan Railway Act receives parlimentry approval.
- 11/08/1980 Haymarket to Tynemouth via Benton opened.
- 10/05/1981 South Gosforth to Bank Foot opened.
- 15/11/1981 Haymarket to Heworth opened.
- 14/11/1982 Tynemouth to St James opened.
- 24/03/1984 Heworth to South Shields opened.
- 17/11/1991 Bank Foot to Airport opened.
- 31/03/2002 Pelaw to South Hylton via Sunderland opened.
Postcard issued to mark the inaugural day of Metro service.
Links
www.thetrams.co.uk Lots of information on the Metro.
www.nexus.org.uk Metro operator Nexus' website.
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