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There will still be people today who remember taking a tram journey in the city, and they can relive it once more thanks to ...
There’s a 13-picture cinema showing coming your way courtesy of these fantastic Newcastle photos from the past.
The old Newcastle and Gateshead tramway services that ran on Tyneside connected communities either side of the river, after trams first crossed the High Level Bridge in 1923, and served areas ...
Newcastle Light Rail network ‘suspended temporarily’ due to mechanical issues. An Australian city which uses the same trams as those in Sydney, where cracks were found, has now been forced to ...
A vision for trams on the Newcastle Quayside under the old 'Project Orpheus' plan from Tyne and Wear Metro operator Nexus. Photo: Nexus, Free to reuse for all LDR partners.
The old Newcastle and Gateshead tramway services that ran on Tyneside connected communities either side of the river, after trams first crossed the High Level Bridge in 1923, and served areas ...
Newcastle tram driver Peter Samdell urged people to take in their surroundings more. "Light rail vehicles are huge, weighing 50 tonnes, so once you get going, it can be hard to stop," he said.
The project would have brought up to 60 miles of tram lines to areas including Newcastle's Quayside, the Metrocentre and Washington, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, external.
Drafts for a new tram system around areas including Newcastle's Quayside were made in the early 2000s. Trams should be reintroduced to parts of the North East not currently served by the Metro, ...