A major Metro route has re-opened in Sunderland after a substation had to be rebuilt after it was damaged during storms.
Services have returned on the line between South Hylton and Park Lane on the Tyne and Wear Metro today (Janauary 13) for the first time since November. A complete rebuild to be carried out in the intervening months after a storm which caused severe damage to a substation at Pallion.
Services from Park Lane, University, Millfield and South Hylton stations were affected by the eight-week line closure after a substation, which provides power to overhead lines, was severely damaged by flooding which led to a fire.
