East Midlands-made rail equipment heads north to power Tyne and Wear Metro upgrade

A major milestone in the £100m upgrade of the Tyne and Wear Metro has been reached, as the first batch of overhead power line equipment—designed and manufactured entirely in the East Midlands—was dispatched last week. East Midlands Mayor Claire Ward visited rail electrification specialists Furrer+Frey in Beeston, Nottingham, to sign off the initial shipment of…