Public Transport Executives in the United Kingdom - Nexus, Transport for London, Tyne and Wear Metro (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Nexus, Transport for London, Tyne and Wear Metro, West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive, Transport for Greater Manchester, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, Eldon Square bus station, Haymarket bus station, Shields Ferry, Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive, Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive, South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, LinkUp. Excerpt: The Tyne and Wear Metro, also known as the Metro, is a light rail system in North East England, serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside and Sunderland. It opened in 1980 and in 2007-2008 provided 40 million public journeys on its network of nearly 78 kilometres (48 mi). It is operated by DB Regio (a subsidiary of German railway Deutsche Bahn) on behalf of Nexus. The Metro is usually described as Britain's first modern light rail system. It can be considered a hybrid system, displaying elements of light rail, heavy underground metro, and longer-distance, higher speed suburban and interurban railway systems. Metro is an 'open access' network with no fixed ticket controls. Despite this, the Tyne and Wear Metro has the highest level of passenger income per year ( 40 million in 2009/2010) than any other light rail system outside London. Checks are made by roving patrols of inspectors. Ticket gates are due to be re-installed at several main stations during 2011, after an upgrade of the system's ticket machines. The original gates, which were found on every station when the system was opened, were removed in the late 80s due to safety concerns. They remain in place at several key stations to assist with crowd control. Many stations throughout the system feature commissioned works by various artists. Examples include the following: Metro sign near Newcastle University.Metr...