@edificity

Musings on metros (usually THE Metro), urbanism, architecture and design. He/him.

 Newcastle upon Tyne
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Joined July 2021
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🚨New Video!🚨 The Last Metrocars on #tyneandwearmetro 🚇 – filmed nostalgic style! youtu.be/knzPq2y1o0I?is=hq4j…

The Last Metrocars

For 46 years the rail vehicles known as class 599/994 have faithful...

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Replying to @ChiOnwurah
We agree cities should be designed around people, not cars. In Newcastle, we have the chance to transform Blackett & Pilgrim St to a new pedestrian quarter, giving people space to dwell, shop & enjoy the architecture. Maybe the new council administration has the political will?
Brent Toderian
@BrentToderianOct 26
IMPORTANT EDITORIAL: “Oxford Street’s pedestrianisation: cities should be designed around people, not cars.” “The transformation of Europe’s busiest shopping street should be a case study in making cities greener, less congested & more inviting places to live.” @guardian theguardian.com/commentisfre…

The Guardian view on Oxford Street’s pedestrianisation: cities should be designed around people,...

Editorial: The transformation of Europe’s busiest shopping street should be a case study in making cities greener, less congested and more inviting places to live

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Tim Dunn
@MrTimDunnOct 21
This bullshit project from Herts County Council isn’t about connectivity: it’s about cost cutting. This crap needs to be challenged. “Trackless trams” are not trams: they’re BUSES. Bouncing bendy buses stuck halfway in traffic; and take away tracks & you take away fixed links.
ASLEF@ASLEFunionOct 21
…this is a bus.
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youtu.be/Q2jP1vYiAK4?is=m9Ye… So, after two years, Sunderland Station finally looks half decent (emphasis on the half)

Sunderland Station FINALLY Got a Makeover

When I last visited the 'new' entrance building at Sunderland railw...

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Replying to @lf_p @Guard_Ean @HighSpeed_H @hopperelecspam
There were screens on some of the initial mockups. Can't give any specific source but I'm sure I'd heard the reasoning that they were worried about passengers seeing people jump in front of the trains (no idea why that wasn't a problem with the 599s)
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Will you be asking the North East what our public transport network should be called, @KiMcGuinness? Who decided on ‘the Angel Network’?
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💭 Our transport network needs a name...
A man sitting at the back of a bus holding a sign that reads: "Our transport network needs a name... and who better to ask than the people who'll use it?

ALT A man sitting at the back of a bus holding a sign that reads: "Our transport network needs a name... and who better to ask than the people who'll use it?

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That's the fuckin stuff
Benoît Mazerolles@BMazerollesOct 22
Quand les tramways de Milan passent à côté de vestiges vieux de plusieurs siècles.
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Replying to @Guard_Ean @thegirlchlo_
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Replying to @keegs_1996
I mean it was North Tyneside council who removed the Palestine kids mural, so probably them
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Right, who do we need to talk to to get it like this again?
Andrew Clark@SummerhillbooksOct 20
A postcard of Tynemouth Station from the early 1900s.
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Sean@elseanawyOct 18
Train driver has said it’s “socially unacceptable to block a seat with your bag” over the tannoy. I’d go to war for you man I hope you know that
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That a metro system would be built in a northern UK city involving underground tunnels and stations is supposedly an impossible, unrealistic idea from an unserious mind. Meanwhile, Newcastle with 13km of bored tunnels and 9 underground stations built 13 years after first plans:
view into the dark of a bored circular tunnel, with clean black and white panelling in the passenger part of the platform, and judicious use of Calvert typeface

ALT view into the dark of a bored circular tunnel, with clean black and white panelling in the passenger part of the platform, and judicious use of Calvert typeface

view through a clean subterranean corridor to the doors of a Metro train

ALT view through a clean subterranean corridor to the doors of a Metro train

a view down the wee platform, with clean lines, clever design and a decidedly proper look to the system

ALT a view down the wee platform, with clean lines, clever design and a decidedly proper look to the system

a view up an escalator shaft giving an idea of the depth of the station - again, this is a proper underground station built in the heart of mining territory just like Leeds

ALT a view up an escalator shaft giving an idea of the depth of the station - again, this is a proper underground station built in the heart of mining territory just like Leeds

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Maximus@maximusarvoOct 9
You’d hope so wouldn’t you?
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Replying to @AlecCoates1
Theoretically LEDs should have a super long lifespan so this makes no sense. I hope they find a way to keep em!
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Sketchy adventures in the railway museum
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And her older brother!
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Old friend
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Oh that's a moquette and a half. Big fan
CLondoner92@CLondoner92Oct 1
Mayor Tracy Brabin has visited Wrightbus to see new Weaver Network electric buses being built for West Yorkshire. Almost 200 buses will enter service from spring 2027 as part of the region’s move to franchised bus services, bringing services under public control. Read more ⤵️
A line of green double-decker Weaver Network buses manufactured by Wrightbus parked outside a facility.

ALT A line of green double-decker Weaver Network buses manufactured by Wrightbus parked outside a facility.

A close-up view of the rear of green double-decker buses parked in a row, featuring distinctive lime green geometric patterns and branding.

ALT A close-up view of the rear of green double-decker buses parked in a row, featuring distinctive lime green geometric patterns and branding.

The interior lower deck of a modern bus featuring wood-effect flooring, green patterned seats, grab rails, and marked priority spaces for wheelchair users.

ALT The interior lower deck of a modern bus featuring wood-effect flooring, green patterned seats, grab rails, and marked priority spaces for wheelchair users.

Looking down the central aisle between rows of passenger seats upholstered in dark green fabric with bright lime green geometric moquette patterns.

ALT Looking down the central aisle between rows of passenger seats upholstered in dark green fabric with bright lime green geometric moquette patterns.

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Bit of NE nationalism, won't find me complaining
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I like how they're showing the Metro alternative here
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