Tyne and Wear Metro begins five day line closure
Passengers will be impacted by a five day metro line closure over the coming days.
A five day line closure on the Tyne and Wear Metro will impact passengers across South Tyneside.
Starting on Monday, April 13, the closure will see no trains run between Pelaw and South Shields until Saturday, April 18.
Nexus, the operational team behind the Metro system, says the closure is to replace overhead lines and carry out secondary work.
A replacement bus service, number 900 will be running between South Shields and Heworth in both directions.
Journeys are expected to take longer on the replacement bus, so Nexus are advising travellers to leave extra time for travel.
Adjusted timetables are available to find at impacted stations.
In the coming weeks more work is expected to be undertaken across the system, with no trains running between Pelaw and South Hylton on Sunday, May 3 and Monday, May 4.
Announced back in March, the closure is part of the Tyne and Wear Metro’s modernisation work.
Metro infrastructure modernisation work since 2010 includes the refurbishment of 35 stations and the structural repair of 62 bridges across the system.
The Tyne and Wear Metro has also recently completed an £8.8m upgrade of its control room. Situated in South Gosforth, the renovation was described as “vital for Metro’s long-term future.”
That work was completed over Easter Monday earlier this month with services starting later than expected in the day of work.
It wwas the most significant upgrade to the Metro control room since the installation of a £12m computerised signalling control system in 2018.
Designed to impact as few commuters as possible, the break will take place during the second week of the two-week school holidays for many schools across South Tyneside and the wider North East.
Previous five day closures have also taken place over the school holidays, with a closure of the same length as the upcoming work taking place in the first days of August 2025, coinciding with the school holidays across Tyne and Wear.
Go North East and Stagecoach buses will remain available throughout the week to allow people to still use regular public transport.