How Metro was built | Nexus

@LisaNaomi it was built in a national crisis, who owns the Metro now... have a nice day.

When work started on Metro in 1974 it became Britain’s largest urban transport project of the 20th Century, and stood out as one of the greatest achievements in North East England's rich industrial heritage. Built at a time of national financial crisis and high unemployment it seems a miracle that Metro ever got up and running. But against all the odds the project was seen through to completion and was opened in the summer of 1980 by Her Majesty The Queen, to a fanfare of critical acclaim. Metro was an instant success story and became part of everyday life on Tyneside, and on Wearside in 2002. Those who were bold enough to believe in the project had delivered something that was ahead of its time, something which today remains the envy of other British cities. Among Metro's biggest champions was Michael Campbell, the so-called Statesman of Jarrow. Cllr Campbell was leader o...

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