Recent content by Urbanplanner24

That's a real shame, I didn't know it had been put on hiatus. I thought the money was allocated from central government before the recent wave of infrastructure investment? I know all too well the unfairness of central government funding. The north east is severely underfunded and quite...

Does anybody know the current status of the Tees Valley (so called) "Metro"? It all seems to have gone very quiet and I haven't seen any evidence of the planned upgrades with exception of Hartlepool. On a side note take a look at this map! If only there was the money for an actual 'metro'...

Ashington / Blyth to Newcastle. Passenger Services... Please? Today, whilst sitting for over an hour in stop-start traffic heading north to Ashington from my job in Newcastle, I couldn’t help but get myself into a rage. Lets be honest, there is a perfectly good rail line between the biggest...

10km of new track was laid for the 'Tyne and Wear Metro' extention. Apparently thats 6.2 miles. :D