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Tyne and Wear Metro driver training for new fleet now completed as Nexus marks major milestone

The Tyne and Wear Metro driver training for the new fleet has now been completed, with Nexus marking the major milestone in its £362million project. The intensive training programme has now been ...

Tyne and Wear Metro worker with record as youngest ever train driver to retire after 46 years

Phil Taylor, 65, of Bank Foot in Newcastle, was just 19 when started driving on the system when it opened in August 1980 ...