Most of us who live or work in this part of the world will have set foot in Haymarket Metro station at one time or another. On Monday, August 11, 1980, the very first train on the new Tyne and ...

It was 1980, a year which saw the assassination ... The first section, between Tynemouth and Haymarket, opened on August 11. The Metro was the UK’s largest urban transport project.

The project has seen the Haymarket station rebuilt, with a retail and leisure hub replacing the existing station structure, which first opened to passengers in 1980 when the Tyne and Wear Metro ...

Passengers on the Tyne and Wear Metro face ... Metro opened in 1980. Passengers will have to use special buses during the 27-day closure. The 900 bus service will run between Haymarket and Four ...