Tyne & Wear Metro! (Part 1) 

@@Boxersteavee They're saying 2023 at the moment, so probably about 2025

Agreed. I'm writing a letter to Grant Shapps suggesting that.

I actually wrote to Ian Levvy the MP for the area asking if it could be integrated with the metro or at least let the use of pop cards on it. makes it easier than to have 2 separate tickets.

Eyy

I might take you up on that offer! Pop me an email or a DM if you use twitter :)

@@DavidFrankal have DMd you on Twitter!

There are some duplicate names out there, like Adlington (Cheshire and also Lancashire)

@@DavidFrankal Indeed, on the Morecambe - Leeds line, there's a station called Clapham. It used to be a junction with the Ingleton branch, closed 1954. The junction was called "Clapham Junction"!

@@DavidFrankal there's also two Rainhams in Kent/Essex, which are only 30 miles apart.

Maybe they could put them on the Blyth and Ashington line 😄

Can't imagine where they would go, the T&W is rather unique. Perhaps there was a missed opportunity to send them to the Isle of Wight?

I heard from nexus that 2 units are going to be kept of heritage reasons, I have also contacted nexus that when Howden satellite depot is finished why it cant't be turned into a visitor/Educational centre with the overheads permanently de energised and a 2 car metro unit kept on site in the shed permanently to educate the dangers of metro and the possibility giving younger children the experience as if they were driving the metro train, It could also tell the story from start to present how metro was evolved into the transport system today

@@pj6641 that's a good idea but I think they will be keeping Howdon depot as it was mentioned in their metro flow project

@@harrytrains37 I know the reply I got from the customer service team they were excited about the idea I did a mock layout on how it could work, they did the same sort of thing at the channel tunnel in folkstone but if they are keeping Howden Depot it makes sense

cuz they look cool B )

Also Silverlink, Metrocentre and Durham

Thanks for the offer, I actually was up in Glasgow a couple of weeks ago! The video is in a bit of a queue

@@DavidFrankal Cool! Did you go to see the new trains being tested?

@@AlasdairMacCaluim Unfortunately not!

@@DavidFrankal Never mind, they should be running on the Subway next time you are in these parts! I have a couple of videos up on my channel of the new Subway trains on the text rack if you are interested. The Subway have the trackbed of the old Govan branch as a test track, running from near the site of Ibrox Station south to Govan where the subway depot is. They used it for testing the 1980 trains and it was mostly derelict until a couple of years ago. It's now been rebuilt to a high spet and they've built a couple of sheds and you can get great views from where the line passes under the road.

It's usually a 12 minute frequency on the yellow and green lines making a 6min frequency in the core during the day

At 2:53 the next train is in 17 minutes, the one after in 32

@@DavidFrankal the 17 minute train is the other line though, isn't it? So you could get ~15 minute frequency here where both lines are parallel, but ~30 minute frequency elsewhere.

@@andrew_ray Yes, it's normal for the network to be running reduced frequency due to staff shortages, mechanical issues with the trains etc. It's not ideal, hopefully it'll be solved when the new trains arrive.

I have heard, it was mentioned at 2:17

@@DavidFrankal Indeed. And also Stadler are also manufacturing the new rolling stocks for Glasgow subway and I think it should be classed in the Class 4xx or Class 5xx which it does run on 3rd Rail underneath Glasgow. And even Stadler to manufacture new London Underground tube stocks for the Bakerloo Line, Central Line and Waterloo & City Line. I probably would think that Stadler should build a UK train manufacturing plant and to manufacture new trains and rolling stocks in the UK.

@@AndrewG1989 it has been confirmed that the Underground will receive newly built trains from Simens to replace the existing stock on the Piccadilly, Bakerloo, Waterloo&City & Central lines

@@southerntransport466 Looking forward to it. Thanks.

It's in the queue!