A £ 100m program to modernize and electrify existing South Tyneside freight lines has officially launched.
The Metro Flow project will increase the frequency of services, reduce travel time, improve the reliability of Tyne and Wear Metro, and increase the capacity of an additional 24,000 customer transfers per day.
Nexus, the public institution that owns and manages the Tyne and Wear Metro, joined the local council leader and contractor Buckingham Group Contracting Ltd to commemorate the start of formal work on the ground and was the first on the lawn. I cut the patch. The project costs a total of £ 103m, of which Nexus has secured £ 95m from the government's Transforming Cities Fund.
Currently, the metro network has three single-track sections, and trains in both directions must use the same line. They are located between Perow and Hebburn (800 m), Hebburn and Jarrow (1.4 km), and Jarrow and Bead (600 m). This will convert these sections of the single track to double tracks. The most intense periods of trucking occur between September and December, when the line is closed for 12 weeks.
The advantages of the Metroflow project are:
Increase the frequency of subways outside the central area to one every 10 minutes.
It provides capacity for an additional 24,000 passengers per day.
Improves reliability and enables faster recovery from major turmoil.
We better support major events such as the Great North Run, Sunderland International Air Shows, stadium concerts and major sporting events.
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