TYNE AND WEAR METRO - A MODERN RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM

The paper outlines the processes which gave rise to the rapid transit proposals for Tyneside, and the development of these into the Tyne and Wear metro. The concept of a fully integrated public transport system, capable of making a significant contribution to local movement and land use is explained, and the feasibility of introducing metro over a significant part of the existing British rail network detailed. A technical description of the metro includes civil engineering, signalling and communications, and electrification. The rolling stock is described in detail. The paper concludes with sections on finance and organization. /Author/ /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Institution of Mechanical Engineers

  1 Birdcage Walk
  London SW1H 9JJ,   England 
• Authors:
  • Howard, D F
• Conference:
  • Institution of Mechanical Engineers Proceedings
• Publication Date: 1976

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 121-136
• Serial:
  • Volume: 190
  • Issue Number: 18

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Communications; Financing; Land use; Light rail transit; Light rail vehicles; Public transit; Railroads; Rapid transit; Signalization; Transportation planning; Urban transportation; Vehicles
• Identifier Terms: Tyne and Wear Metro
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Railway
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 1057: Air transport network; 5900: Brittleness; 4177: Clay; 9098: Communication; 5595: Deformation; 5520: Failure; 244: Financing; 5917: Isotropic; 356: Land use; 744: Public transport; 1181: Rapid transit system; 5504: Safety coefficient; 6253: Sampling; 556: Signalization; 5783: Slope stability; 5544: Strength (mater); 5575: Stress (in material); 6255: Test; 5414: Time; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149008
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 17 1981 12:00AM