How Tyne & Wear Metro system will be affected
Today - strike day
There will be no Metro services between Pelaw and South Hylton.
Passengers should use local bus services instead. There is no rail replacement service.
Metro Season Tickets and one-week tickets will be accepted on Go North East and Stagecoach buses in areas affected by the line closure Nexus says.
Normal service elsewhere on the Metro network, including Newcastle and North Tyneside and Heworth to South Shields.
Tomorrow - no strike
Metro trains between Pelaw and South Hylton will run, but don’t start until 7am. Normal service elsewhere on the Metro network.
Thursday June 23 - strike day
There will be no Metro services between Pelaw and South Hylton. Passengers should use local bus services instead. There is no rail replacement service.
Metro Season Tickets and one-week tickets will be accepted on Go North East and Stagecoach buses in those areas, Nexus says.
Normal service elsewhere on the Metro network including Newcastle and North Tyneside and Heworth to South Shields.
Friday June 24 - No strike
Metro trains between Pelaw and South Hylton will run, but don’t start until 7am. Normal service elsewhere on the Metro network.
Saturday June 25 - strike day AND engineering works
In addition to the strike, engineering work is planned on the lines between Heworth and South Shields and Heworth and South Hylton.
Metro trains will not run on those routes on Saturday.
Rail replacement buses will operate roughly every 20 minutes.
Trains will run to other stations, but not always to the usual timetable.
Sunday June 26 - engineering works but no strike
No Metro trains will run between Heworth-South Shields and Heworth-South Hylton all day on Sunday, June 26 due to pre-planned engineering works. Rail replacement buses will operate every 20 minutes. Expect timetable changes around the network.
Will the Metro trains run elsewhere on the network on strike dates?
Yes, Nexus says Metro services will operate as normal, other than on the Pelaw to South Hylton stretch, today and on Thursday. They will operate this Saturday and Sunday, but the engineering work may result in changes to the timetables.