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unusual facts about Tyne and Wear Metro


Margaret Calvert

In addition to her road signs, she has designed commercial fonts for Monotype, including the eponymous Calvert font, which she created in 1980 for use on the Tyne and Wear Metro system.


Passenger transport executive

There are limited number of cases where they do - the Tyne and Wear PTE operates the Tyne and Wear Metro, and Strathclyde Passenger Transport operates the Glasgow Subway.

Stadtbahnwagen B

The Typ B formed the basis for the British-built Metrocars on the Tyne and Wear Metro, which opened in 1980.

Stephenson Railway Museum

It is on the site of the former Tyne and Wear Metro test track, which was originally the line to the staithes on the Backworth Colliery system.

Tyne Dock

Tyne Dock Metro station, on the Tyne and Wear Metro, serves the Tyne Dock area, as well as neighbouring West Harton.

University Metro station

University Metro Station on the Tyne and Wear Metro is located on the western fringe of Sunderland City Centre, and is the nearest station to the University of Sunderland's City Campus.

West Monkseaton Metro station

West Monkseaton Metro station is a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro in Monkseaton, North Tyneside, England, which was originally opened by the LNER in 1933.


see also

Park Lane Station

Park Lane Interchange - a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro, Sunderland, England, United Kingdom