The Tyne and Wear Metro is a light rail system that serves Northeast England. With 60 stations covering some 48 miles and with annual ridership of over 40 million, daily wear and tear had taken a toll on the system’s facilities. “The Metro” is in the midst of a $500 million plus, nine-year long mod- ernization process which includes a complete overhaul of all existing stations, the addition of new stations and further modernization of the system’

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