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 ...

An online appeal to find the owner of a metro ticket dated back to 1980 has been launched. A member of the public found the Tyne and Wear metro ticket on the floor at Haymarket station in Newcastle.

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.

Having opened initially in 1980 when the Haymarket to Tynemouth line opened via Benton, the Tyne and Wear Metro is set for another huge period in the system’s history once again. The system will ...

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 ...

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 ...