Solution found – but no date for trains’ return

SOLUTION has been found to a door fault that has put the Tyne and Wear Metro’s new fleet out of use, transport chiefs say.

- DANIEL HOLLAND

All five active trains from the newly-built Swiss fleet were pulled from the Metro timetable last week, just a few months into the £362m project's rollout into public service.

An image has shown a carriage with doors open directly onto the train tracks, which would pose a major safety hazard for passengers.

Metro operator Nexus announced last Thursday that it had suspended the use of the Stadler-made fleet, though the problem was actually discovered on Monday, April 21.

Bosses now say that a fix for the door issue has been identified.