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Tom Beattie

Metro service will return on Sunderland line after National Rail strikes are called off

Metro services will operate as usual on the Sunderland line after services were suspended for two days during the past week.

Nexus, the public body which owns and manages the Tyne and Wear Metro, said it would be able to run trains between Pelaw and South Hylton on Wednesday as usual following the late withdrawal of strike action by Network Rail workers.

This comes after the suspension of services after the 'short notice postponement of RMT strike action' made it 'impossible' to reinstate services between Pelaw and South Hylton on Saturday, 5 November, or today, Monday 7 November.

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Metro Operations Director, John Alexander, said: “We can confirm that we will have Metro services running on the Sunderland line on Wednesday 9 November.

“We are sorry for the inconvenience caused to customers be assured that we are doing all we can to run a full service with minimal disruption.

“Work has been ongoing to reinstate services following the short notice withdrawal of strike action by staff at Network Rail.

“The Sunderland line from Pelaw to South Hylton is owned and managed by Network Rail, so when they gave notice of the strike dates we had no choice but to cancel services on that line.

“The subsequent late withdrawal of the strike dates on Friday afternoon presented us with the challenge of re-arranging the train plan and resources needed to resume Metro services to and from Sunderland.

“The late notice meant it wasn’t possible to reinstate services between Pelaw and South Hylton on Saturday, 5 November, or today, Monday 7 November.

“We can also confirm that we will be able to start running as usual on Tuesday and Thursday morning between Pelaw and South Hylton.”

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