Tyne and Wear

North East receives £500m railway funding

29.01.2020

Prithvi Pandya

Beeching cuts | Chris Heaton-Harris | Department for Transport | Infrastructure - Transport | North East | Tyne and Wear

Rail minister Chris Heaton-Harris has announced that the government will fund £500 million of improvements to rail services in the North East.
Thoughts on the Tyne and Wear Metro strategy

19.05.2014

David Marshall

Infrastructure | metro | North East | Transport | Tyne and Wear

News that local transport chiefs have given the green light to a new development strategy for the Tyne and Wear Metro presents a particular challenge to planners to ensure that extensions to the system serve...