Tyne and Wear Metro bosses are bracing for delays in the arrival of the network’s long-awaited fleet of new trains.
A new set of 46 Metro trains costing more than £360m is currently being built by Switzerland manufacturing giant Stadler, with the first of the modern carriages due for delivery to the North East at the end of this year.
While the first is still on schedule to arrive in November for testing and driver training, before being put into service in mid-2023, it is feared that global supply chain problems could mean disruption to the gradual replacement of the Metro’s outdated trains.