Tyne Tees Transport

No Metro services are operating between Heworth and Monument in central Newcastle due to the "risk of collapse" of the Gateshead Highway flyover.

Passengers can now set foot on one of the Swiss-built carriages that it is hoped will herald a brighter future for the region's public transport.

For 44 years, the Metro undergone a series of major changes, including a number of extensions. But in all that time one thing has stayed the same, the trains.