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A view from the front window of Tyne and Wear Metro train 4067 at North Shields station. Although in the early days of the network the bay platform saw regular services, it is currently only infrequently used. Photo by Chris McKenna 07/03/2005.

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The Tyne and Wear Metro platforms 2 and 3 at Sunderland station. Platforms 1 and 4 for mainline trains are at the far end. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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Sunderalnd station is shared between the Tyne and Wear Metro system and mainline services. The signal half way along the western platform marks the divide between Metro (behind) and Mainline (infront) stopping areas. The train in the distance is a northbound Yellow line Metro service towards Newcaslte. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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The white line on the platform in this photograph of Sunderland station is the stopping mark for Northbound Tyne and Wear Metro services. Mainline trains stop further up the platform. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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The view through the front window of a Tyne and Wear Metro train as it approaches North Shields station with a coast-bound Yellow line service from St James. The now seldom used, but still operational, bay platform 3 is on the right of the picture, while the two through platforms are in the centre of shot. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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The view through the front window of a Tyne and Wear Metro train as it pulls into North Shields station with a coast-bound Yellow line service from St James. Originally buiilt in 1890, this station was redeveloped along with much of central North Shields was redeveloped in the latter part of the 20th century. From here the line procedes towards Tynemouth through a short tunnel underneath the town centre - one of the few tunnels outside central Newcastle. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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The view through the rather grubby front window of Tyne and Wear Metro train 4089 as it approaches the site of the under construction Northumberland Park station between Shiremoor and Palmersville. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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The view through the rather grubby front window of Tyne and Wear Metro train 4089 as it approaches the site of the under construction Northumberland Park station between Shiremoor and Palmersville. Originally due to open this month (October 2005) this view shows there is still much work to be done. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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The view through the rather grubby front window of Tyne and Wear Metro train 4089 as it passes the site of the under construction Northumberland Park station between Shiremoor and Palmersville. Originally due to open this month (October 2005) this view shows there is still much work to be done. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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The view through the rather grubby front window of Tyne and Wear Metro train 4089 as it arrives into Pallion Station - the 45th (soon to be 46th, when Northumberland Park finally opens) and penultimate stop on this Yellow line service from St James to South Hylton. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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The view through the front window of a Tyne and Wear Metro train service from South Hylton towards Sunderland and Newcastle as it approaches Pallion station eastbound. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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The view through the rather grubby front window of Tyne and Wear Metro train 4089 as it arrives into Palmersville station. Perhaps the ugliest station on the entire network, Palmersville dates from 1986. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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The view through the rather grubby front window of Tyne and Wear Metro train 4089 as it arrives into Palmersville station. Perhaps the ugliest station on the entire network, Palmersville dates from 1986. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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Park Lane interchange station on the Tyne and Wear Metro network, seen here through the window of a South Hylton-bound train, was purpose built as part of the metro extension in 2002. Located directly beneath the main bus station in Sunderland city centre, the station offers direct interchange to a number of destinations. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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Pelaw Tyne and Wear Metro station, looking west along the eastbound platform. This station is the southern diverging point of the Green and Yellow lines, with the former continuing to South Shields and the latter over tracks shared with mainline trains to Sunderland and then onwards to South Hylton. Prior to the opening of the Sunderland extension in 2002, this was the terminus of the yellow line and it is still used as a reversing point for several services a day with trains emptying here and running empty into sidings at the east end of the station. The tracks to the right of the picture are the Network Rail mainlines between Newcaslte and Sunderland, which are still fully segregated from the Metro at this point, the systems merge at a newly constructed junction southeast of the station. Photo by Chris McKenna 08/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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Pelaw Tyne and Wear Metro station, looking west along the eastbound platform. This picture shows the different signaling systmes in use on the Metro and Network Rail, the former's signal is on the left while the mainline signals are to the right and centre of the picutre. Photo by Chris McKenna 08/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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The view through the rather grubby front window of Tyne and Wear Metro train 4089 as it approaches Pelaw station with a service to South Hylton. The Network Rail un-electrified mainlines are to the left, while the Metro tracks follow the curving profile of the island platform. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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The view through the rather grubby front window of Tyne and Wear Metro train 4089 as it waits at Pelaw station. The large mirror is the common method employed at surface stations to enable the drivers to see the length of their train. The diverging route at this signal is into the sidings used to reverse trains terminating here, the running routes to both South Shields and Sunderland are both straight ahead, diverging further down the line. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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The view through the front window of a Tyne and Wear Metro train as it approaches Percy Main metro station with an eastbound service from St James. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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The view through the front window of an eastbound Tyne and Wear Metro train of the westbound platform at Percy Main station. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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The view through the rather grubby front window of Tyne and Wear Metro train 4089 as it approaches Seaburn station with a Yellow Line service to Sunderland and South Hylton. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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The view through the rather grubby front window of Tyne and Wear Metro train 4089 as it arrives at Shiremoor station. The amount of vegetation between and beside the rails ahead suggest a much less frequent service than the 6 trains per hour that serve this station in both directions during the peak. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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The view through the rather grubby front window of Tyne and Wear Metro train 4089 as it approaches the terminal station South Hylton with a Yellow line service from St James via the North Tyneside Coast and Newcastle and Sunderland city centres. There is considerable fore-shortening in this image - far from being shorter than normal the platform is actually one of the longest on the network. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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The view through the rather grubby front window of Tyne and Wear Metro train 4089 as it arrives into the terminal station ofSouth Hylton with a Yellow line service from St James via the North Tyneside Coast and Newcastle and Sunderland city centres. This view gives a truer impression of the platform length than does the previous photograph. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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The view through the rather grubby front window of Tyne and Wear Metro train 4089 of the buffer stop at South Hylton. This is the terminus of the Yellow line and of this service from St James, having travelled over 53km and stopped at 45 intermediate stations along the way - including two visits to Monument station. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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A merged view of the main shelter and ticket machine area at South Hylton station - the southern terminus of the Tyne and Wear Metro Yellow line. This station was purpose built for the opening on the 31st of March 2002 of the Metro extension from Pelaw to Sunderland along tracks shared with mainline trains, and then to this station over part of the long disused former mainline to Durham. Although still owned by Network Rail, the section from Sunderland is served only by the Metro. At present South Hylton is served by 5 trains per hour, but poor patronage between here and University station means that operator Nexus plans to cut this by 50% from December this year. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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South Shields Tyne and Wear Metro station is on a bridge over one of the main shopping streets. The original station was located on land currently used only as sidings to the east (left) of the present station. When the Metro arrived in 1984, the one of the two tracks over the bridge was removed and and the single platform station built on the land it occupied. Photo by Chris McKenna 08/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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South Shields Tyne and Wear Metro station is on a bridge over one of the main shopping streets. The train in this view shows cars with two different liveries, the one on the right is the standard Blue livery and the one on the left is carrying a Disability Discrination Act (DDA)-compliant "European Union" livery. Photo by Chris McKenna 08/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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The view through the rather grubby front window of Tyne and Wear Metro train 4089 as it approaches the Stadium of Light station in Sunderland. Named for the home stadium of local football team Sunderland United, it is possible to travel direct from here to St James station in Newcastle - less than two minutes walk from St James' Park, home of local rivals Newcastle United FC. Although possible to travel direct, it is about and hour quicker to change trains at Monument and cut out the North Tyneside Loop section of the Yellow line. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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St James station on the Yellow line of the Tyne and Wear Metro is located directly beside, and named for, St James' Park the home of local football team Newcastle United FC. The black and white colour scheme has been chosen to match the club's traditional black and white vertical striped shirts. Photo by Chris McKenna 08/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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St James station on the Yellow line of the Tyne and Wear Metro is located directly beside, and named for, St James' Park the home of local football team Newcastle United FC. The black and white colour scheme has been chosen to match the club's traditional black and white vertical striped shirts. Photo by Chris McKenna 08/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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The overrun tunnel at St James station, the terminus of the Tyne and Wear Metro Yellow line. This shows how all the stations were originally constructed for trains of three two-car units, but economies imposed meant that the system operates trains of two two-car units only. Photo by Chris McKenna 08/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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St James station on the Yellow line of the Tyne and Wear Metro is located directly beside, and named for, St James' Park the home of local football team Newcastle United FC. The black and white colour scheme has been chosen to match the club's traditional black and white vertical striped shirts. Photo by Chris McKenna 08/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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The ticket hall at St James station on the Yellow line of the Tyne and Wear Metro is located directly beside, and named for, St James' Park the home of local football team Newcastle United FC. The black and white colour scheme has been chosen to match the club's traditional black and white vertical striped shirts. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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The ticket hall at St James station on the Yellow line of the Tyne and Wear Metro is located directly beside, and named for, St James' Park the home of local football team Newcastle United FC. The black and white colour scheme has been chosen to match the club's traditional black and white vertical striped shirts. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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St James station on the Yellow line of the Tyne and Wear Metro is located directly beside, and named for, St James' Park the home of local football team Newcastle United FC. The black and white colour scheme has been chosen to match the club's traditional black and white vertical striped shirts. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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St James station on the Yellow line of the Tyne and Wear Metro is located directly beside, and named for, St James' Park the home of local football team Newcastle United FC. The black and white colour scheme has been chosen to match the club's traditional black and white vertical striped shirts. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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The view through the rather grubby front window of Tyne and Wear Metro train 4089 as it approaches St Peter's station with a Yellow line service to Sunderland and South Hylton. At this point the rear of the train is still in the closed Monkwearmouth station, now a museum, indicating how close the two are. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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The view through the rather grubby front window of Tyne and Wear Metro train 4089 as it approaches the metro platforms at the southern end of Sunderland station with a service to South Hylton. Since 2002 this station has been served by both Metro and mainline trains, with both faces on the large central island platform being split into two with Metro trains serving the southern end and Northern Rail mainline services calling at the northern end. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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The view through the front window of a northbound Tyne and Wear Metro train on the approach to Sunderland station. From left to right the tracks visible in this photograph are - Northbound Metro trains from Park Lane Southbound Metro trains to Park Lane Electrified siding Un-electrified siding Mainline trains from Middlesborough Mainline trains to Middlesborough There are only two platform faces at Sunderland station, mainline trains stop at the northern end and Metro trains at the southern end. Photo by Chris McKenna 10/10/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.