Overview
- Early on Wednesday, July 1, an overhead-line engineering vehicle developed a fault while on the Pelaw track junction, the point where lines split toward South Tyneside and Sunderland.
- Nexus suspended Metro services between Heworth and South Shields and between Heworth and South Hylton and said services elsewhere on the network are running but may face delays.
- The operator has called a specialist contractor to recover the stranded vehicle and expects the suspension to remain in place for much of the day.
- To reduce passenger disruption Nexus arranged ticket acceptance on Northern Trains, Stagecoach and Go North East buses and the Shields Ferry and is operating a replacement 901 bus between Heworth and Sunderland.
- The incident follows the June 26 retirement of the original Metro fleet as new Stadler trains are introduced, and Nexus has urged passengers to plan ahead and allow extra travel time.