ModernRailways
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I see that this Tyne and Wear Metro master thread has now been running for over three years. Congratulations on this.
It has been the inspiration for quite a number of threads that enable various light rail projects to set up their own dedicated master threads.
It was a Tyne and Wear Refurbishment thread until last week. The content had just become about anything Metro so I sent a message to the Mods asking if it could be changed to 'Tyne and Wear Metro Master Thread'. They changed it, and it seems some others have also changed, although I don't really frequent this part of the forum, just wait for the notification for this specific thread.
Always good to see new people getting involved though, can sometimes help add a more passenger approach instead of enthusiast/railway employee.
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3rd service suspension between Heworth and Monument this month due to a failed train, getting beyond laughable now and you start to wonder what on earth are Nexus/DBTW going to do about it. Can't use the weather as a back up now. I think Im right in saying there must of been about 4 unplanned service suspensions in the last 2 weeks, worrying times.
I too want to see what Nexus/DB will do. It's too often now, although to give Metro their due, today the buses they had out and the buses tickets were accepted on was great! Plenty of buses to keep people moving and I bet that didn't come cheap! Metro frontline staff as always helping people out. Drivers however still no announcements. I was stuck in the tunnel before Central for 5 minutes without a single word from the driver. So many people started panicking because they had no information as to what was happening. Thankfully I managed to find out by checking on my phone and told a few people near me a train had failed somewhere and that soon spread through the carriage.
I do wish Metro would implement a rule like London Underground whereby drivers must make an announcement if after 30 seconds (maybe 1 minute on Metro) the train still hasn't started moving even if it's just to say 'We are being held at a red signal, I'm trying to contact my Control to find what's happening. Sorry for the delay.'