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We love this story! A Nexus employee has had a unique bite of the Big Apple, officiating his best friend’s wedding in New York. Alun Morley, who works in our ICT Department, got the role of celebrant at the wedding ceremony of his pals Michael and Eleanor Elstob after they decided to tie the knot in the city that never sleeps. Alun, 50, of Cramlington, was just going to be the best man before getting a phone call from Michael to say that the wedding had been switched from Newcastle to NYC. The happy couple, of Bishop Auckland, then asked Alun if he would be able to do their wedding vows too, prompting a scramble to get the right paperwork allowing him to do that legally under New York State law. Alun is pictured, below, officiating the wedding next to the Brooklyn Bridge. Photo credit: Eye of the Tyne Photography, North Tyneside Business Centre, Howard House, 54a Saville Street, North Shields NE30 1NT. Read: https://lnkd.in/eErm_yGX

New for our 2024 summer schedule, we're excited to introduce NE1's Tiny Toon in association with Tyne & Wear Metro, an immersive play attraction with scaled-down versions of local landmarks and businesses which children can enjoy throughout the summer in the heart of the city.    From 22nd July to 1st September, the play-pretend city will provide a fun, engaging, and creative play environment for families and add even more activity in Old Eldon Square in addition to the ever-popular Screen on the Green and Play Rebellion activations which attracted over 50,000 people to the area last year.    We're delighted to reveal the new mini-city activation will include a Metro train, the Tyne Bridge, Eldon Square, Newcastle Theatre Royal Trust Limited, My Delhi Indian Streetery, Olive & Bean, and the historic Grainger Market - we can't wait to unveil it on Monday 22nd July.    To read more, click here - https://lnkd.in/eYAs2V-H

Metro control room set to undergo an £8.8m renewal scheme! New technology which remotely monitors and controls key assets which are essential for the day-to-day operation of the Tyne and Wear Metro is to be installed in a £8.8m modernisation project. Metro’s Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System, known as SCADA, is to be replaced with new digital equipment. It will allow for faster and more effective fault finding – providing Metro customers will less disruption to essential facilities like lifts and escalators. Metro’s current SCADA system, which is run from a desk in the Metro Control Centre at South Gosforth, was installed in the mid-1990s and needs to be replaced. The project is part of £43m Nexus is investing in Metro modernisation this year. The public body has invested more than £408m in infrastructure renewal since 2010, as well as commissioning a £362m new train fleet for a network used by 31 million customers a year. The SCADA system is used to manage Metro’s power supply, fire and intruder alarms, lighting, lifts, escalators and tunnel drainage pumps. The work is being carried out on behalf of Nexus by Sella Controls the UK’s regional centre of HIMA Group, a global independent provider of safety-related automation solutions for the rail and process industries. The project will take two years to complete. It will be the most significant upgrade to the Metro control room since the installation of a £12m computerised signalling control system in 2018. 

I promised we’d extend Tyne & Wear Metro to Washington. Today we’ve committed £8.6m to complete the business case to deliver exactly that. This is a long term project but we’re getting started. I’ll build the infrastructure of opportunity across our North East

We are once again proudly teaming up with Gem Arts for this year’s Masala Festival to bring a colourful and vibrant splash of South Asian culture to the region this summer. The Rajasthan Heritage Brass Band (pictured) will wow crowds near Monument and Haymarket Metro stations in Newcastle city centre on Friday 19 July as part of the busy Masala event programme. We are the official headline partner of GemArts’ annual Masala Festival 2024 as part of its commitment to celebrating and encouraging diversity and inclusion amongst its employees and customers. The Gem Arts’ award-winning Masala Festival takes place 15-21 July, celebrating South Asian creativity and culture at a range of local venues.

New arrival at Your Airport 🚋 ✈️ One of the new Metro trains visited Newcastle Airport today as part of the ongoing Tyne & Wear Metro testing programme. The new Metro fleet aims to be more environmentally friendly and energy efficient, helping our passengers travel to and from the Airport in a more sustainable way, aligning with our Net Zero 2035 target 🍃 With thousands of tests to complete, this is the biggest project since the Metro was first built!

📸 Our new Stadler train completed its first day time test run in Sunderland this morning 🙌🤩

https://lnkd.in/eJRZb2BV I am looking for an experienced SMTH tester with installation experience to join my team. If you have any questions or would like more information feel free to drop me a message. 

⏪ Back in week 13, our team were out in force delivering another plain line renewal on the Tyne and Wear Metro, this time at Fawdon Station. 🛤️ With a range of machines, attachments and trailers in use, the team worked from Friday night to Monday morning to complete the renewal through Fawdon level crossing and the station platform.

Celebrate #PridePooches with Tyne & Wear Metro and Lumo as part of #PrideinSouthTyneside. It all takes place at West Park Jarrow on Sunday 14th July from 12pm to 4pm. We'll have stalls, Curious Arts will be holding a mini-pride for the kids, there's crafting, food vendors and a chance to win a rosette or two for your pooch in the Best Fancy Dress Competition, Waggiest Tale, Handsomest Dog, Prettiest Bitch, Best Dressed Dog & Owner and the Dog the Judges would take home. And the best thing about it? It's a FREE event for all the family. Find out more details here: https://lnkd.in/eT6wNCHf South Tyneside Council North East BIC Tracey Dixon South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust South Tyneside Homes RSPCA Sunderland, Pride Radio Age Concern Tyneside South Richard Salkeld Tomas Allum Martijn Gilbert David Punton Mark Nichols Kelly Scott Destination North East England Kelly Gleadow Peter Darrant