Shared Alignment
On board unit 4018 as we run along the shared alignment with Network Rail, both running lines here between Pelaw and Jarrow are single track, the disused freight line on the left goes to the now closed Shell Oil storage facility at Jarrow, whilst i am on a service for South Shields, on the Tyne and Wear Metro system's Yellow Line, having not ridden this system before it was a rather nice surprise to be offered a drivers eye view that you have on these 1978/81 Metro-Cammell Birmingham built units, of which there are 90 two car articulated units, which usually operate in pairs.
Maybe in the future the disused freight line could converted to become part of the Metro system to form a double track section as most of the Metro system is.
Shared Alignment
On board unit 4018 as we run along the shared alignment with Network Rail, both running lines here between Pelaw and Jarrow are single track, the disused freight line on the left goes to the now closed Shell Oil storage facility at Jarrow, whilst i am on a service for South Shields, on the Tyne and Wear Metro system's Yellow Line, having not ridden this system before it was a rather nice surprise to be offered a drivers eye view that you have on these 1978/81 Metro-Cammell Birmingham built units, of which there are 90 two car articulated units, which usually operate in pairs.
Maybe in the future the disused freight line could converted to become part of the Metro system to form a double track section as most of the Metro system is.