Tyne and Wear Metro

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light rail system public transport system rapid transit system

Tyne and Wear Metro is a light rail rapid transit system serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, and surrounding areas in North East England.

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Observed surface forms (14)

Surface form Occurrences
Tyne and Wear Metro Yellow Line 4
Tyne and Wear Metro network 4
Tyne and Wear Metro (concession) 3

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf light rail system ⓘ
public transport system ⓘ
rapid transit system ⓘ
connectsWith National Rail ⓘ
Newcastle International Airport ⓘ
bus services ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
depot Gosforth depot ⓘ
electrification 1500 V DC overhead line ⓘ
fareSystem zonal fare system ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
hasColour yellow ⓘ
hasLine Green Line ⓘ
Yellow Line ⓘ
hasStation Airport Metro station ⓘ
Central Station Metro station ⓘ
Gateshead Interchange ⓘ
Haymarket Metro station ⓘ
Monument Metro station ⓘ
Gateshead Interchange ⓘ
surface form: Park Lane Interchange

South Shields Interchange ⓘ
Sunderland station ⓘ
Tynemouth Metro station ⓘ
introducedRollingStock 1980 ⓘ
locatedIn North East England ⓘ
Tyne and Wear ⓘ
notableFeature first modern light rail system in the UK ⓘ
numberOfLines 2 ⓘ
opened 1980 ⓘ
openingDate 1980-08-11 ⓘ
operator Nexus ⓘ
owner Nexus ⓘ
regionServed Tyne and Wear ⓘ
surface form: Tyneside

Wearside ⓘ
rollingStock Metrocars ⓘ
safetySystem automatic train protection ⓘ
serves Gateshead ⓘ
Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
Tyne and Wear ⓘ
surface form: North Tyneside

Tyne and Wear ⓘ
surface form: South Tyneside

Sunderland ⓘ
ticketing Pop card ⓘ
trackType mostly segregated ⓘ
transitType light rail ⓘ
usesFormerRailwayAlignments true ⓘ
website https://www.nexus.org.uk/metro ⓘ

Referenced by (43)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gosforth depot → category → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tyne and Wear Metro depots
Metrocars → category → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tyne and Wear Metro rolling stock
Newcastle International Airport → connectedBy → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
Gosforth depot → connectedTo → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tyne and Wear Metro main line
Metrocars → designedFor → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
National Rail → excludes → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
South Shields Interchange → fareSystem → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tyne and Wear Metro zonal system
Sunderland station → fareZone → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tyne and Wear Metro Zone C
Arriva UK Trains → formerOperatorOf → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tyne and Wear Metro (concession)
Arriva UK Trains → hasFormerSubsidiary → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tyne and Wear Metro (concession)
Sunderland station → hasInterchangeWith → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
Central Station Metro station → hasLine → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tyne and Wear Metro Green Line
Central Station Metro station → hasLine → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tyne and Wear Metro Yellow Line
Newcastle upon Tyne → hasMetroSystem → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tyne and Wear Metro network
Haymarket Metro station → isKeyStationOn → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tyne and Wear Metro network
Tynemouth Metro station → line → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tyne and Wear Metro Yellow Line
Sunderland station → lineServed → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tyne and Wear Metro Green Line
Sunderland station → lineServed → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tyne and Wear Metro Yellow Line
Sunderland station → locatedOn → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sunderland–South Shields line (Metro section)
Gosforth depot → locatedOnSystem → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
Gateshead Interchange → metroLine → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tyne and Wear Metro Green Line
Gateshead Interchange → metroLine → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tyne and Wear Metro Yellow Line
Haymarket Metro station → network → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
Metrocars → network → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tyne and Wear Metro network
Tynemouth Metro station → network → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tyne and Wear Metro coastal loop
Arriva UK Trains → operatesBrand → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tyne and Wear Metro (concession)
Nexus → operatesInfrastructure → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tyne and Wear Metro stations
Nexus → overseesTransportSystem → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
Central Station Metro station → partOf → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
Gateshead Interchange → partOf → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
Gosforth depot → partOf → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tyne and Wear Metro infrastructure
Haymarket Metro station → partOf → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
Monument Metro station → partOf → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
South Shields Interchange → partOf → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
Sunderland station → railNetwork → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
Cullercoats, England, United Kingdom → servedBy → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
subject surface form: Cullercoats
Hebburn-on-Tyne, England → servedBy → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
subject surface form: Hebburn-on-Tyne
Sunderland station → servedBy → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tyne and Wear Metro services
Tynemouth Metro station → servedBy → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
Gosforth depot → serves → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tyne and Wear Metro network
South Shields Interchange → transportMode → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ
Metrocars → usedOn → Tyne and Wear Metro ⓘ