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Title: Tyne and Wear Metro Closure due to Flyover Problem Post by: TonyN on December 20, 2024, 22:55:31 Quote “The Metro service remains suspended between Monument and Heworth as a precaution due to the ongoing closure of the A167 Gateshead Highway flyover. “Following further specialist advice we received yesterday afternoon from Gateshead Council’s structural engineers, we had to immediately suspend services through the tunnels. The Metro tunnels run beneath the flyover. https://www.nexus.org.uk/news/item/gateshead-flyover-closure-metro-suspended-monument-heworth (https://www.nexus.org.uk/news/item/gateshead-flyover-closure-metro-suspended-monument-heworth) Title: Re: Tyne and Wear Metro Closure due to Flyover Problem Post by: grahame on December 21, 2024, 09:22:52 Quote “The Metro service remains suspended between Monument and Heworth as a precaution due to the ongoing closure of the A167 Gateshead Highway flyover. “Following further specialist advice we received yesterday afternoon from Gateshead Council’s structural engineers, we had to immediately suspend services through the tunnels. The Metro tunnels run beneath the flyover. https://www.nexus.org.uk/news/item/gateshead-flyover-closure-metro-suspended-monument-heworth (https://www.nexus.org.uk/news/item/gateshead-flyover-closure-metro-suspended-monument-heworth) I have scrawled on one of their maps to show the network split in two. (https://www.wellho.info/pix/metroclosed.jpg) Title: Re: Tyne and Wear Metro Closure due to Flyover Problem Post by: TonyN on December 30, 2024, 17:33:36 Metro to re-open tomorrow
https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/30689/Flyover-now-stabilised-as-talks-continue-over-its-future (https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/30689/Flyover-now-stabilised-as-talks-continue-over-its-future) Quote Flyover now stabilised as talks continue over its future This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |