I Visited the Tyne and Wear Metro!

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Жыл бұрын

Time to visit another light rail system! This time, the Tyne and Wear Metro! At long last!
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@NickBadley Жыл бұрын

Note to self: Make sure there's no Tesco pain au chocolat pastry on your lip before pressing the record button..

@pottah2 Жыл бұрын

@Nick Badley I think you should do a pointless journey from Farringdon Tube station to Farringdon national rail station

@chriskrebill1842 Жыл бұрын

Honestly didn't see it until I saw this comment 2 min in and went back to the beginning to see what I missed 😅

@simongurden9848 Жыл бұрын

Once seen can't be unseen! 😂😂😂

@83838four Жыл бұрын

time stamp

@carolinecrollick6305 3 ай бұрын

I think you should do a point to point from London Waterloo to Waterloo Merseyside

@alfiemcevoy5125 Жыл бұрын

Shame you missed Whitley Bay station!! It's got one of my favourite watering holes up here, the Ticket Office. Lovely folk who work there, can play board games while you wait, and occasionally catch some live music!

@TransportGeekery Жыл бұрын

Shame you missed out Wallsend with its Latin signs. Haymarket is long because it was a built as a “demonstrator station” before the rest of the system, in order to evaluate the design. The rest of the system was built with shorter platforms because of the costs.

@Thornaby37 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video 👍 There's some places on the Tyne & Wear Metro that I would be inclined to avoid in daylight, let alone at night

@emjackson2289 Жыл бұрын

Meadowell has no meadows and no wells . . . .

@SimulationGuyOfficial Жыл бұрын

i will answer some questions that you asked in the video as i am local to the area. -the reason why there is a Station Road but no station there is because formerly, there actually used to be a station located under the road, named Backworth, it Closed in 1977, and a new station near the site wasnt opened until 2005. -Haymarket's Platform 2 is so long because, originally, it was planned that the trains would be 3 units long, but due to financial constraints, it was decided that the trains would run in Single or Double units opposed to the original Triple Unit operation that was planned.

@NickBadley Жыл бұрын

Ah! Thank you!!

@rafedragonwolf5105 Жыл бұрын

The reason Haymarket is soo long as it used to be a terminus platform when the system opened and could hold a second train. The stations have an extra cut out each end underground ontop of this for the original 3metrocar length plans.

@SimulationGuyOfficial Жыл бұрын

@@rafedragonwolf5105 thats not true, Platform 1 was the Terminus Platform, then trains would run to the Monument Crossover before heading into the Long Platform 2

@Rapidsnap1984 Жыл бұрын

Also the lift is right at the end of the long platform at Haymarket.

@davidmclaughlin5599 6 ай бұрын

@@NickBadley make a video going to headbolt to Halewood

@tomrayner8871 Жыл бұрын

Fun fact, a new station is currently being built at northumberland park to accomodate the new blyth and tyne railway.

@lewis8407 9 ай бұрын

To accomodate the northumberland line its officially called, however i see why people call it the B&T due to it being used in parts.

@MichaelSebastianTodd Жыл бұрын

brilliant i used the Tyne & Wear Metro when i was holidaying up in Newcastle last year its a brilliant network i love Tynemouth station as its a lovely station and i love the 80s retro feel on the underground station keep up the awesome work

@Boxersteavee 9 ай бұрын

Fun fact: this fleet is still the original fleet! They're planning on bringing in a new fleet next year, they were planned to have the fiest couple enter service this winter but... Apparently they didn't consider the dact that they need to train the drivers how to drive the mew trains...

@Seagull81006 Жыл бұрын

Station road at Northumberland park did lead to a station (Backworth), which closed in 1977

@reggiep75 2 ай бұрын

That long track at 05:50 is my fave not too long walk track. A couple of miles and some wildlife to enjoy on the way.

@Sim0nTrains Жыл бұрын

Glad you finally got the Tyne and Wear Metro ticked off, great video and Tynemouth is a beautiful station.

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico Жыл бұрын

Definitely a network I must cause chaos at. It’s been a fun video to watch Nick!

@edificity Жыл бұрын

Glad you finally made it up to the Toon 😊 Great video

@caramelldansen2204 Жыл бұрын

Definitely a missed crossover episode!

@edificity Жыл бұрын

@@caramelldansen2204 maybe one day :)

@AndrewG1989 Жыл бұрын

Can’t wait to see the new Class 555 Tyne and Wear Metro trains coming into service from next year. I never been on the Tyne and Wear Metro but I would love to go on it before the new trains do enter service next year.

@europe0017 Жыл бұрын

im from here! thanks for visiting. Im from Whitley bay to be exact

@GeordieScot Ай бұрын

Good to see you up North

@Class777 Жыл бұрын

Glad to see you finally doing the Tyne and Wear metro! When I visited Newcastle in October last year, I loved it! It’ll be interesting to see what you think of the new Class 555. They have a similar exterior to the Class 777, but they’re different on the inside. Anyways, extremely well-presented video as always!

@Macrowa Жыл бұрын

Something you should give a go next time is the Shields Ferry as it is valid with your day saver ticket and can be quite an interesting experience

@andrewphippsphillips1455 Жыл бұрын

Yep, but he might be wiser to leave at N.Shields , go down Borough Bank and across to S.Shields. The opposite journey is quite a workout

@Maya-lh7wu Жыл бұрын

@@andrewphippsphillips1455 hope you don’t mind me asking, I’m going on the ferry from South Shields to North Shields in a few weeks, why is it a lot of work?

@michaellcrew 5 ай бұрын

Walking back up the bank. It's a steep climb up from the river Tyne to North Shields.

@ReubenAshwell Жыл бұрын

Glad to see you finally made it to the Tyne and Wear Metro, I had a ride on it at the end of last August and I can safely say it's a good metro system. :)

@robingarrick538 Жыл бұрын

Good metro system try living with them there are off 90% of the time

@ADAMEDWARDS17 Жыл бұрын

Shame you missed Wallsend, where it's bi-lingual English and Latin, because the end of the Wall is the one built by Hadrian.

@big-wigfluffleberry8041 9 ай бұрын

@ 1:33 When you got off at walkergate, if you had turned left and went into the industrial estate behind the station, you would have found 2 brewery/taproom/street food vendors. (One of which was on an episode of the hairy bikers). An arcade/fun shack place. And various media offices.

@StuAnderson90 Жыл бұрын

Northumberland Park replaced a station called Backworth, closed in June 1977

@alfiestewart6312 Жыл бұрын

Indirectly replaced it. They didn't build one originally as Shiremoor would do but then built Northl Park in 2005 because someone decided to build a few houses there.

@Boxersteavee 9 ай бұрын

1:45 yeah, anywhere in tyne&wear will givenyou those vibes

@SamsVlogstrainsmore Жыл бұрын

Great vlog of the Tyne & Wear metro Nick, I rode on it myself briefly a few years ago. I enjoyed watching!

@Foxy_SucksAtEdits Жыл бұрын

How I would explain some stations in The tyne & wear Metro in ✨my Way✨ St James=merseyrail Byker=BIKER Wallsend=Two Names Wallerton Pkwy=Useless Station Whitley Bay=THE BEACH Tynemouth=Weekend Market Pelaw=RED LINE BEGUNNED Northumberland Park=Northumberland Line ASHINGTON TO NEWCASTLE The END Dont ask why i did that lol

@craigdonnigan618 Жыл бұрын

platform 2 at haymarket is longer because at the end of it is the lift access

@HedleyOnTheHill Жыл бұрын

Been waiting for this video, really enjoyed it! You’ll have to come back up and see some more sites when the new trains come into service

@user-PK-23 3 ай бұрын

Northumnerland park will have a BR station when the Blyth and Tyne opens as the Northumberland line between this year and 2026 but they are making fairly good progress the idea is to merge train times with metro and tickets so time will tell if it all works! Though I am fairly sure there would have been a station there many moons ago though before long iroically there'll be one again!

@Denuwu 8 ай бұрын

I kinda enjoyed living in Newcastle metro was usually on time never full overall a pleasant experience and for £6 (at the time) you could get an all rounder ticket that you can use in tyne n wear area on anything metro/trains/busses/ferry(from south to north shields) it was great

@loco4loco 10 ай бұрын

5:46 “just a theory a Metro Theory”

@Boxersteavee 9 ай бұрын

Here we are, about 6 months later, with central station's lift still broken, and haymarcket still occasikanlly going exit only.

@jameswright7284 Жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed the vid and travelling on the metro at the end of Feb got very familiar with the section between Haymarket and West Jesmond.

@WBTravels Жыл бұрын

There are so many light rails called metro out there to name a few (metrolink) but the tyne and wear metro is the only full metro that brands itself rather hilariously as a modern light rail.

@sweetchills-ky9mg Жыл бұрын

Great work as always mr Nick Badley keep it up good work.

@stephenmcculley7 Жыл бұрын

Well done for finally making it over there. Given how bad TPE are at the moment, you did well. That market at Tynemouth is huge.

@jacobporrett Жыл бұрын

Looks like you had fun mate.

@OrigiName Жыл бұрын

Great video, for all its flaws the metro is definitely a joy to explore.

@MrTransportAddict Жыл бұрын

1:52 points at the mcspicy sign? Did you want a mcspicy?

@NickBadley Жыл бұрын

Whoops 😂

@The_Untitled 11 ай бұрын

this is like an underground dlr

@a.r.productions Жыл бұрын

Oooh next time you visit Tyne and Wear definitely pay a visit to the North Tyneside Steam Railway! Great video Nick 😃

@hellfiregrowler Жыл бұрын

just be careful with your camera and where you walk at Percy Main!

@huw008 Жыл бұрын

Great video!

@sbrocksman Жыл бұрын

By coincidence I visited Newcastle a month ago and decided to take a Metro without a particular destination in mind. I also ended up getting off at Northumberland Park

@Lighting_Desk Жыл бұрын

Definitely worth checking out the new class 55 metro trains when they come into service later this year.

@Farleigh1050 11 ай бұрын

Locos on T&W?

@paulheppell88 Жыл бұрын

You could of used the day saver on the shields ferry as it's part of the metro system

@Floortile Жыл бұрын

Personally, I go for the Tesco bag of three jam doughnuts; that way, you get sugar on your lips, not flakes of pastry. (Oh! - nice vid, as always!)

@jamiegibson5031 11 ай бұрын

Gateshead is where my grandma lives

@cardcollectorsseven8457 Жыл бұрын

TYNEMOUTH IS CLASS

@rachaelsmith8764 Жыл бұрын

great video

@cardcollectorsseven8457 Жыл бұрын

Platform 2 at Haymarket is way longer than platform 1 because LNER trains used to use it

@katied6130 Жыл бұрын

Have you ever done the York Tube line? Or do they even have one? I just recently found out (through genealogy) that I'm a Yorkshire girl! Would be awesome to see where I may have long lost family

@cardcollectorsseven8457 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for going to Sunderland Ha`way the lads

@bulletholeteddy9223 10 ай бұрын

Should of gone to manors one of the best stations

@Trainrhys Жыл бұрын

You should looked out the front window

@Jacobhouse605 Жыл бұрын

Legend 👌

@Trains.Planes. Жыл бұрын

What equipment did you use?

@davidmclaughlin5599 Жыл бұрын

Let’s go to Haymarket

@Shipnerd194 4 ай бұрын

Day one of begging Badley to ride on the Cumbrian Coast Line

@RobetMiller 5 ай бұрын

Hey some one told me that they are going to extend the line through Washington to Durham I live in Washington?

@tylerdavidson1387 Жыл бұрын

OMG...path!

@sterlinghartley2165 Жыл бұрын

Big missed opportunity, you should have used the Metro to see the name sake rivers. Also next time you should go to Monument, it has some cool history, like how the Metro saved the monument the station is named for.

@edificity Жыл бұрын

I have a video about exactly that!

@sterlinghartley2165 Жыл бұрын

@@edificity Defo not why I know about it.

@jamesblair18 Жыл бұрын

There are new metro trains on the way which will improve accessibility. You’ll need to visit the . So jealous, every time I’ve tried to visit they can’t get the wheelchair ramps out

@Macrowa Жыл бұрын

I’d honestly thought that they didn’t need ramps considering they are level most of the time (with a little gap)

@jamesblair18 Жыл бұрын

@@Macrowa they have a mobile unit that goes to stations to provide ramps. Majority although say step free, this doesn't mean wheelchair accessible. Many stations the train is higher than. The platform of the gap is too wide. Calling the mobile unit to get access is hit-and-miss.

@Thatoneroscalesandboxguy 11 ай бұрын

Am I the only one who saw that 3 minute metro turn into 16 minute metro??

@emjackson2289 Жыл бұрын

The Metro is brilliant for what it is but its such a shame that the cross-North-Tyneside line isn't there (although the Test Track is part of the George Stephenson Railway Museum) & ends near Percy Main. Arguably the Metro should have used the old Tyne Electrics layout with updated signals etc. A bit like MerseyRail seems to do. Gateshead station when taken in the round of the former architecture of the area is far more understandable than it looks on its own. Brutalist magnificence.

@SteamboatWilley 6 ай бұрын

It would be nice if there was an actual exchange between the Metro and the steam railway at Percy Main. It would make visiting the museum much easier.

@Boxersteavee 9 ай бұрын

And as an under 16, i can get a ticket that can go more places than yours (busses and ferry too), and it's inly £1.10

@TaleOfTheToaster Жыл бұрын

Love the metty me

@ThetrainguyYT Жыл бұрын

4:51

@TheSecondComing1207 11 ай бұрын

bro live in next to all the places you been to in this vid ( also i been to all them places to)

@91007RailwayVideos Жыл бұрын

Great video. Hope the security staff didn't catch up with you. . The tyne and wear don't like filming very much

@NickBadley Жыл бұрын

Thankfully not! Was a tad nerve wracking though going into it initially, but no one approached me about it in the end

@91007RailwayVideos Жыл бұрын

@Nick Badley that's good . Was oly security staff that had issue station and ttain staff were all very friendly

@andreawoelke Жыл бұрын

You might check out a crime map before exploring around random stations...

@chrispaw1 Жыл бұрын

Very handsome, makes it easier to watch….great video anyway 😊

@TheSecondComing1207 11 ай бұрын

at 4:40 my teacher is there

@kurokvro 8 ай бұрын

😍

@gonffc Жыл бұрын

@rikufryderyk Жыл бұрын

Emily Chomicz is pronounced Emily "hom-eech"

@NickBadley Жыл бұрын

Sssssh 😉

@rikufryderyk Жыл бұрын

@@NickBadley hehe

@rikufryderyk Жыл бұрын

Riku (whispering): Happy to help :)

@robingarrick538 Жыл бұрын

Your lucky there metros was on there are normaly off not working

@alfiestewart6312 Жыл бұрын

You pick a number and end up in the dodgiest area of Newcastle. Shame you had to wait 19 minutes. They *should* be every 12 minutes or so but now breakdowns are becoming all too common. It's definitely Tyne-mouth (said how it's spelt) to us locals. Feels like Whitley Bay is always closed. Sunderland is miserable - South Shields has a brand new station and two abandoned ones.