The Tyne and Wear Metro upgrade is another step closer after a multi-million pound signalling control suite was switched on for the first time.
The switch-on at Gosforth Metro depot is part of the countdown to the new fleet entering service for customers. The newly built facility will be used by Stadler to safely manage Metro train movements between the depot and the mainline, replacing an ageing control room in the old depot which had technology dating back to the 1980s.
Nexus, the public body which owns and operates the Tyne and Wear Metro, said the move was a big technological leap forward as testing continues to get the first new Metro trains into service.
