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Tyne & Wear • Metro
Tyne & Wear • Metro
The Tyne and Wear Metro opened in 1980 linking Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside and Sunderland. The fleet of 90 twin cars was built by Metro-Cammell in Birmingham, based on the German Stadtbahnwagen B.
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4003 crosses the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge over the River Tyne on 4th September 1990. The line is in tunnel on either side of the river and only emerges into daylight to cross the bridge.