Tyne & Wear Metro Fleet Replacement: Awarded to Stadler

[MetroTyler]

555001 left the depot today on test to St James and back eventually turning at Monkseaton back for the depot. It is now active for the first time.

 

[DanNCL]

I had a hunch that 555001 making a test debut was imminent which is why I waited to update the list. What I didn’t see coming was 555003 making it into service the same day!

Now that we’ve got six units in passenger service, are we likely to be seeing any more diagrams in the next week or two?

Key:
Green - operational in passenger service
Blue - Delivered, under test.
Orange - Delivered, not yet seen on test
Red - Complete, not yet delivered
Purple - Delivered, in use for driver training
Grey - On assembly line at Stadler Rheintal, St Margrethen, Switzerland.

Notes:
Units stored in Switzerland are split between three known locations; Stadler's St Margrethen site, the SBB yard at St Margrethen, and Stadler's Erlen site.

555001 - delivered to Gosforth 19/04/2024. Tested at VUZ Velim, Czechia, during late 2022 and early 2023.
555002 - delivered to Gosforth 14/06/2024, entered service 21/02/2025. Tested at Arth Goldau, Switzerland, in Autumn 2022, and at VUZ Velim, Czechia, during late 2022 and early 2023.
555003 - first unit to be delivered to Gosforth, arrived 28/02/2023. Entered service 17/03/2025.
555004 - delivered to Gosforth 11/03/2023. Entered service 12/03/2025.
555005 - delivered to Gosforth 06/04/2023, entered service 25/02/2025.
555006 - delivered to Gosforth 13/09/2024.
555007 - delivered to Gosforth 13/09/2024.
555008 - delivered to Gosforth 21/02/2025.
555009 - delivered to Gosforth 21/02/2025.
555010 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555011 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555012 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555013 - delivered to Gosforth 16/12/2023.
555014 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555015 - delivered to Gosforth 16/12/2023.
555016 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555017 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555018 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555019 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555020 - delivered to Gosforth 19/04/2024, entered service 31/12/2024
555021 - delivered to Gosforth 14/06/2024, first unit to enter service 18/12/2024
555022 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555023 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555024 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555025 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555026 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555027 - delivered to Gosforth 25/10/2024.
555028 - delivered to Gosforth 25/10/2024.
555029 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555030 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555031 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555032 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555033 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555034 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555035 - complete, stored in Switzerland. Spotted in the background of a Stadler press photo for an ÖBB order.
555036 - under construction at Stadler Rheintal, St Margrethen, Switzerland
555037 - under construction at Stadler Rheintal, St Margrethen, Switzerland
555038 - under construction at Stadler Rheintal, St Margrethen, Switzerland
555039 - under construction at Stadler Rheintal, St Margrethen, Switzerland
555040 - under construction at Stadler Rheintal, St Margrethen, Switzerland
555041 - under construction at Stadler Rheintal, St Margrethen, Switzerland
555042 - under construction at Stadler Rheintal, St Margrethen, Switzerland
555043 - under construction at Stadler Rheintal, St Margrethen, Switzerland
555044 - under construction at Stadler Rheintal, St Margrethen, Switzerland
555045 - under construction at Stadler Rheintal, St Margrethen, Switzerland
555046 - under construction at Stadler Rheintal, St Margrethen, Switzerland

 

[Maninblack]

Nice to see 5550003 on the green line today.
I went to Monument from Pallion, and got back on the same train coming home.
I didn't know 003 had entered service! The new trains have a far calmer attmosphere!

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Nice to see 5550003 on the green line today.
I went to Monument from Pallion, and got back on the same train coming home.
I didn't know 003 had entered service! The new trains have a far calmer attmosphere!

Not a lot of people seem to know that you can press the door button well before the stop, step back, and the door will open automaticly. Those new Metros are a clever piece of kit!

 

[DanNCL]

Not a lot of people seem to know that you can press the door button well before the stop, step back, and the door will open automaticly. Those new Metros are a clever piece of kit!

Doesn’t always work, I try it every time on a 555 and I’ve found it to be hit and miss.

 

[Prime586]

Doesn’t always work, I try it every time on a 555 and I’ve found it to be hit and miss.

The door 'pre-select' feature was removed from the 777s in a software update around the end of last year. Apparently pressing the buttons on either side of the vestibule selected the doors on both sides, so if someone had pre-selected the doors and the driver accidentally released the doors on the wrong side they would open. They are now back to 'standard' door operation, i.e. the button only becomes active once the driver has released the doors.

 

[hacman]

To be honest, it's a shame that there isn't a function to allow the driver to auto-open all the doors at major stations. It would definitely be useful in the city centre on busy days where every second of dwell time helps.

 

[typefish]

Not a lot of people seem to know that you can press the door button well before the stop, step back, and the door will open automaticly. Those new Metros are a clever piece of kit!

I attempted pre-select earlier however it didn't work as expected.

What I bitterly miss is the ability to prime the button - hold it as the door is unlocked and it opens automatically.

I do this on the current stock and it saves easily 3 to 5 seconds, and if I time it right, it allows me to be at the gate line at Monument before the last passengers have left the lower platforms

 

[Jmore]

Metro have popped up on twitter saying a third train is now scheduled out. Anyone know what train number?

 

[northeast10]

To be honest, it's a shame that there isn't a function to allow the driver to auto-open all the doors at major stations. It would definitely be useful in the city centre on busy days where every second of dwell time helps.

There is a function on the 555 to do this.

 

[ModernRailways]

Metro have popped up on twitter saying a third train is now scheduled out. Anyone know what train number?

102, 121, and 123 are all new sets.

 

[DanNCL]

123 is now a booked 555 diagram as of today. Understand that 104 is planned to go over soon too.

 

[hacman]

There is a function on the 555 to do this.

Is it easy to reach or behind some menus? I'd seen talk of it not being present so good to know it is there.

Are there plans to use it?

 

[northeast10]

Is it easy to reach or behind some menus? I'd seen talk of it not being present so good to know it is there.

Are there plans to use it?

It gets used, driver holds the door release button down instead of pressing it.

 

[CL395]

123 is now a booked 555 diagram as of today. Understand that 104 is planned to go over soon too.

Anyone know the timetable of these diagrams?

 

[ivzem]

For anyone on this thread who’s a fan of the Nebula / YouTube channel ‘Jetlag the Game’ - a presumably newly completed 555 makes a brief cameo appearance in the latest episode (which will be on YouTube next week) adjacent to the exit of St. Margrathen station in Switzerland (presumably in a head shunt from the Stadler factory) as the two protagonists make their way to Höchst just across the nearby Austrian border to complete a challenge.

I wasn’t able to confirm the unit number…

555012. (on YouTube, go to 38:31 and use , and . to move by one frame at a time)

 

[Segedunum]

Anyone know the timetable of these diagrams?

Full list of running boards for weekdays here: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/requ...th December 2024 FOI.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1

 

[DanNCL]

It gets used, driver holds the door release button down instead of pressing it.

I’ve seen it used once. Doesn’t seem to be the norm, even in the core at rush hour.

Anyone know the timetable of these diagrams?

Full diagrams are as follows, all Monday-Friday only:

T102
ECS 0510 Gosforth Depot - Regent Centre
0518 Regent Centre - South Hylton
0626 South Hylton - Airport
0738 Airport - South Hylton
0850 South Hylton - Airport
1002 Airport - South Hylton
1114 South Hylton - Airport
1226 Airport - South Hylton
1338 South Hylton - Airport
1450 Airport - South Hylton
1602 South Hylton - Airport
1714 Airport - South Hylton
1829 South Hylton - South Gosforth
ECS 1924 South Gosforth - Gosforth Depot via West Neck

T104 (not yet converted but expected soon)
ECS 0514 Gosforth Depot - Regent Centre
0518 Regent Centre - Airport
0538 Airport - South Hylton
0650 South Hylton - Airport
0802 Airport - South Hylton
0913 South Hylton - Airport
1026 Airport - South Hylton
1138 South Hylton - Airport
1250 Airport - South Hylton
1402 South Hylton - Airport
1514 Airport - South Hylton
1626 South Hylton - Airport
1738 Airport - South Hylton
1852 South Hylton - Airport
2007 Airport - South Hylton
2122 South Hylton - Airport
2237 Airport - South Hylton
2347 South Hylton - South Gosforth
ECS 0037 South Gosforth - Gosforth Depot via West Neck

T121
ECS 0450 Gosforth Depot - Regent Centre
0458 Regent Centre - South Shields
0544 South Shields - St James
0722 St James - South Shields
0856 South Shields - St James
1034 St James - South Shields
1208 South Shields - St James
1346 St James - South Shields
1520 South Shields - St James
1658 St James - South Shields
1835 South Shields - South Gosforth
ECS 1917 South Gosforth - Gosforth Depot via West Neck

T123 (converted today)
ECS 0504 Gosforth Depot - Benton
0518 Benton - South Shields
0608 South Shields - St James
0746 St James - South Shields
0920 South Shields - St James
1058 St James - South Shields
1232 South Shields - St James
1410 St James - South Shields
1544 South Shields - St James
1722 St James - South Shields
1856 South Shields - St James
2026 St James - South Shields
2156 South Shields - St James
2326 St James - Longbenton
ECS 0012 Longbenton - Gosforth Depot

 

[esde84]

For those watching JetLag the game, a unit features more prominently in episode 3. Ben and Adam have a section at St. Margrathen with the 555 in view behind them while they discuss the game. It’s on Nebula already, and YouTube next week.
It’s around 3:30, the Metro has a destination of Airport too

 

[ainsworth74]

Not a lot of people seem to know that you can press the door button well before the stop, step back, and the door will open automaticly. Those new Metros are a clever piece of kit!

Seems to be a standard feature of Swiss trains (judging from my recent experience) it's barmy that it isn't adopted across all rolling stock in the UK and wider! Glad that TW Metro have seen sense and added it to their new trains.

 

[Tramfan]

Just passed a 555 seemingly in service on T121

Edit - confirmed to be 555003

 

[Segedunum]

555021 on 121 this morning.

 

[mansonlo49]

555021 on 121 this morning.

So they started to operate weekends now? Thanks

 

[Segedunum]

So they started to operate weekends now? Thanks

121 indeed looks to be a 555 every day now.

 

[mansonlo49]

oh alright thanks

121 indeed looks to be a 555 every day now.

 

[Steddenm]

There's been major problems on Metro this afternoon with a suspension on Yellow Line services between Pelaw and South Shields due to signal problems. Nexus advice was to catch the 26 Go North East bus from Heworth... only issue with that is that the 27 hasn't ran for 2½ years!

 

[Segedunum]

There's been major problems on Metro this afternoon with a suspension on Yellow Line services between Pelaw and South Shields due to signal problems. Nexus advice was to catch the 26 Go North East bus from Heworth... only issue with that is that the 27 hasn't ran for 2½ years!

Both services definitely exist. The 26 covers Hebburn/Jarrow to South Shields and the 27 covers Heworth to South Shields.

 

[Steddenm]

Both services definitely exist. The 26 covers Hebburn/Jarrow to South Shields and the 27 covers Heworth to South Shields.

Yes but they were saying to pick up the 26 from Heworth as that was the only bus acceptance.

 

[Segedunum]

104 has indeed gone over to 555 operation today.

 

[inais20]

104 has indeed gone over to 555 operation today.

Hopefully not the unit that failed in the central section this morning! A fair bit of chaos during rush hour.

 

[Steddenm]

Hopefully not the unit that failed in the central section this morning! A fair bit of chaos during rush hour.

It's just getting back to normal with "substantial delays"