Tyne and Wear Metro
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title:
Tyne and Wear Metro
text:
The Tyne and Wear Metro is an overground and underground light rail rapid transit system serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, and the City of Sunderland. It has been described as the "first modern light rail system in the United Kingdom". The system is currently both owned and operated by the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive (Nexus), thus is fully under public ownership and operation. The Metro was originally conceived of during the early 1970s, inco
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description:
Rapid-transit rail network in north-east England
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyne_and_Wear_Metro
date created:
2003-11-09T16:40:14Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T13:41:48Z
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