What an upgrade! Look very modern and clean. When solutions like this exist, there's no excuse not to require trains to have level boarding in new orders.
Every manufacturer must be compelled to incorporate level boarding into the majority or all of the doorways of new train designs operating only in Britain, when the 915 mm platform height standard applies (so not a low floor tramway).
This is a lovely video, 1000x better than any other reporting I've seen on these. I love all of the pictures and sounds of laughter and delight while people enjoy the new train, the platform announcer being so thrilled to announce it, and your response to it. The new train looks great, I can't wait to see it for myself.
Thank you so much for this, especially the video of the new train on bridges. Also for pointing out the new step that means we don't need to worry as much about my wheelchair wheels getting caught in the gap. I don't know when I'll be able to ride them myself, but I'm very excited and am looking forward to it!
They look great! Our Merseyrail 777s are also great but, as you may know, have had a troubled start to their lives. Hopefully the Metro rollout will be better. I'll be up next year to check the 555s out :-)
It broke down a few weeks after entering service due to a computer problem. Soon got it back in service. Meaning it's faster then windows is at booting up. XD
I was onboard the other day. Lovely comfortable train and so much quieter. While fewer seats is a bit of a minus the noise reduction is a huge improvement and makes for a much nicer commute. The continuous carriage is quite nice and the ventilation and air conditioning will hopefully provide improved temperature control in them hot stuffy days or cold winter days.
Happy for you. It's been an extraordinary week for rail in Tyne and Wear and things will only get better next year. I hope I'm equally blown away when we get new Piccadilly line trains in London in a year.
They've finally entered service 🎉 It seems like you lot up north have unfortunately faced identical issues to our 777s when it comes to how late they were being introduced, but at least it's finally happening.
Great video. Haven't travelled on it yet but will at some point. My only complaint is there won't be the two seats next to the driver's cab. I liked sitting there when able to. Thanks for video.
The new trains looks very fabulous! Coming from Glasgow where the new trains were similarly made by Stadler, they really do have some similarities notably the door chimes. Congratulations to the people of Newcastle!
I’m so happy they’re here but I do think the fact that the trains aren’t USB c just shows how long it’s taken for them to come. Very excited though. Gonna try and get on one when I’m home the Monday before Christmas. Huge stuff.
Lovely video mate. It was your unbridled joy that made it. Can not wait to see one going over the Victoria Viaduct when us Washington lot get our extention.
Very nice! We need more trains like the 555s with sliding step technology. There is no excuse for buying non-accessible trains any more. And we need more systems like the Tyne and Wear Metro that have standard platform heights. It's a real shame that Network Rail didn't hand over the Northumberland Line to the Tyne and Wear Metro instead of opening it as a line that is partially single track and that has a terrible service pattern on Sundays. Tyne and Wear Metro would have given that line a lot more love.
The most that would be needed for the Northumberland line to be accessible, is for the Class 158s to be replaced by Class 755s, 756s or a new design by another manufacturer that also is a level boarding one. They have diesel engines in short vehicles sandwiched between the passenger accommodation. These short vehicles are walk through. Such trains already operate in Greater Anglia and South Wales.
If I had a penny for every Northern city that had problems with the rollout of Stadler Metro trains, I'd only only have two pennies, but it's weird it happened twice
That is good news - thanks for producing and sharing this vid so soon after introduction of the first unit. I look forward to a trip on them in 2025. As they say, you only get one chance to make a first impresssion so pleased to see yours was favourable - at 4m 20secs was that as close as anyone could come to an orgasm over a new train?!
Hi edificity. Nice to see you that excited over a new metro! You just forgot to mention in what town this is. I already found out is is all around Newcastle upon Tyne. Congratulations with the new line. When I come there one day I will ride it too!
Used to do loads of mountain biking when i was younger. They never used to let you take bikes on the old units, definitely a bonus being able to with the new ones. Id definitely like to have a ride round on one of the old ones before they go out of service. Any ideas where the old ones are going?
Most are being scrapped. The prototype unit 4001 is going to the Stephenson Museum and there's talk of another one going to Beamish museum but I don't know about that one
They have configured them so far back in the past that technology already zoomed past em. Noone uses usb a anymore the seats should have usb-c. Aside from that they really are nice lookin and well thought out trains. Look really sharp too! Overall I really like them
@@edificity ive heard that it was only pelaw to monkseaton for today, then from tomorrow it'll be doing a full day on one of the lines, i want to say a full day of the Yellow first
Turns out the driver for this inaugural service is my colleague's brother so she's been getting behind the scenes updates that shes had to keep quiet about for months 😅
@edificity Good to know. I managed to get a glimpse of what the inside and outside of the train was like when I saw 555021 at central station, on my way back from Four Lane Ends (my favourite metro station) to Sunderland.
So hopefully we can see the new Metro 🚇 coming towards Millfield station in early January 2025 unless it's already been and I missed it! 😆 😂 Ah well at it looks modern and great. 😂
It’s probably better that it wasn’t incorporated into the Metro. That would mean 1.5kv DC OHLE which would scupper any future electrification at 25kv AC and the potential electrification under heavy rail of integrated local rail in the North East.
I'm not a local but I'm a big fan of Newcastle (I'm an Aussie, but I spent a few years living in the North East). The trains look great! Out of curiosity, how are people responding to the colourful artwork on the end of the carriage covering the driver's door? I don't know what to make of it. It looks a bit like scribbles or vandalism, but I'm wondering if it was deliberately done that way to hide actual vandalism? You can see it at 1:24 - thanks for posting this video mate!
There are four different artworks - the train was so busy I didn't get to film the front one! I made a video a while back when the art was revealed. Not sure how people feel about them in general, apart from missing the front window. I'm a fan though.
@@LAMF25 I happily stand on these because I'm healthy and they're stable on the rails and I understand people need those seats more than I do. If you're a lazy kind of person, then you will just have to accept standing a little while on the trains if its busy. EDIT (for clarity): What I mean is that you should be allowing people to have your seat if they ask/need it anyways *if you're capable of standing.*
Yeap been on it absolutely hate it. Made for treating customers like cattle cram as many people onboard make them stand for comfort and provide Aircon to stop customers mourning from the heat when 600 passengers onboard. Seems like a real step forward. Will be using my diesel guzzling car from now on.
They've done plenty of press about it since the first day. They just didn't want to announce the first day because they didn't want it to be too crowded. Even without them officially announcing it, it was quite crowded! But it made for a great demonstration of how space efficient they are because you could still move around them pretty easily, even with bulky cameras everywhere!
@@theotherside8258 On the first day, it was on BBC Look North, ITV Tyne Tees, Chronicle Live, and then Nexus themselves has posted quite a few things about it on their socials. But yes, nothing beforehand
Its ridiculous how long these have took to get put into service, they look so much better than the old ones but theyre still going to get stuck by the same overhead wires and dodgy signals the old ones have trouble with
None of this is true. 1. This is a pretty regular amount of time for these to enter service - an average piece of rolling stock takes about 2 years to enter service once they have them and that's the case here. Glasgow Subway was waiting a good 3 years on their trains. 2. They will not get stuck via the overhead lines as they have batteries on board to get through the network without overhead power for a little over half an hour straight. This battery power will be useful for at least safely getting people to the next station. 3. The current signals may continue to have issues but there is a plan to replace them with all new digital signalling which only these new trains support via ETCS. This will commence pretty much around the time 555 finishes its entry into service.
What an upgrade! Look very modern and clean. When solutions like this exist, there's no excuse not to require trains to have level boarding in new orders.
Every manufacturer must be compelled to incorporate level boarding into the majority or all of the doorways of new train designs operating only in Britain, when the 915 mm platform height standard applies (so not a low floor tramway).
This is a lovely video, 1000x better than any other reporting I've seen on these. I love all of the pictures and sounds of laughter and delight while people enjoy the new train, the platform announcer being so thrilled to announce it, and your response to it. The new train looks great, I can't wait to see it for myself.
About bloody time!
Absolutely chuffed to see they're finslly starting to be rolled out - can't wait to ride on one when I'm back up north.
Thank you so much for this, especially the video of the new train on bridges. Also for pointing out the new step that means we don't need to worry as much about my wheelchair wheels getting caught in the gap. I don't know when I'll be able to ride them myself, but I'm very excited and am looking forward to it!
They look great! Our Merseyrail 777s are also great but, as you may know, have had a troubled start to their lives. Hopefully the Metro rollout will be better. I'll be up next year to check the 555s out :-)
It broke down a few weeks after entering service due to a computer problem. Soon got it back in service.
Meaning it's faster then windows is at booting up. XD
I was onboard the other day. Lovely comfortable train and so much quieter. While fewer seats is a bit of a minus the noise reduction is a huge improvement and makes for a much nicer commute. The continuous carriage is quite nice and the ventilation and air conditioning will hopefully provide improved temperature control in them hot stuffy days or cold winter days.
Happy for you. It's been an extraordinary week for rail in Tyne and Wear and things will only get better next year. I hope I'm equally blown away when we get new Piccadilly line trains in London in a year.
They've finally entered service 🎉 It seems like you lot up north have unfortunately faced identical issues to our 777s when it comes to how late they were being introduced, but at least it's finally happening.
Unintentionally, you make us Scousers sound like we are somehow Southerners, lol
@mattevans4377 I meant further north, don't worry 😅
Great video. Haven't travelled on it yet but will at some point. My only complaint is there won't be the two seats next to the driver's cab. I liked sitting there when able to. Thanks for video.
Great video. The new trains look fantastic
Wow,Class 555
If only this wasn't the one day I'm not in Newcastle 😅
Good to see them in service, and glad you got on them!
The new trains looks very fabulous! Coming from Glasgow where the new trains were similarly made by Stadler, they really do have some similarities notably the door chimes. Congratulations to the people of Newcastle!
And I helped preserve 4001!
Nice train, and like a pro A+B ticket and slip into C
quicker than geoff marshall!! bravo!
You lucky duck! seen these out and about a few times over the summer. Wasn;t able to catch it today but I'm sure I will in the new year. Great video!
I used to work in the rail industry and am familiar with "slippage" in major projects, but this one takes the biscuit. Kudos to Nexus.
That's a nice metro train!
Was excellent! Nice to actually meet you today and get to talk trains!
Don't mind me taking a quick selfie at 3:17...
Was great to meet up for that brief moment lol
Great video! Can't wait to ride these new trains at some point! They look amazing!
I’m so happy they’re here but I do think the fact that the trains aren’t USB c just shows how long it’s taken for them to come. Very excited though. Gonna try and get on one when I’m home the Monday before Christmas. Huge stuff.
Well done - Superb post
Anyone else wish Nexus would hit us with a 'stand clear of the doors please' on the odd train. For old times sake.
Lol
Can't wait to ride it!
i love how when the doors stay open a long time the individual ones close that aren’t being used
Great video.
Love this!! I frequently travel with luggage on the metro which can be really awkward on the older trains, this looks like it’ll be a bit easier!!
Lovely video mate. It was your unbridled joy that made it.
Can not wait to see one going over the Victoria Viaduct when us Washington lot get our extention.
Might be waiting a while 😂😂
Very nice! We need more trains like the 555s with sliding step technology. There is no excuse for buying non-accessible trains any more.
And we need more systems like the Tyne and Wear Metro that have standard platform heights. It's a real shame that Network Rail didn't hand over the Northumberland Line to the Tyne and Wear Metro instead of opening it as a line that is partially single track and that has a terrible service pattern on Sundays. Tyne and Wear Metro would have given that line a lot more love.
The most that would be needed for the Northumberland line to be accessible, is for the Class 158s to be replaced by Class 755s, 756s or a new design by another manufacturer that also is a level boarding one.
They have diesel engines in short vehicles sandwiched between the passenger accommodation. These short vehicles are walk through.
Such trains already operate in Greater Anglia and South Wales.
A fantastic video, I've subscribed . Thank you 😊😊😊😊
So so jealous! I'm happy for you that you got that opportunity 💕
If I had a penny for every Northern city that had problems with the rollout of Stadler Metro trains, I'd only only have two pennies, but it's weird it happened twice
Good to chat to you about the Mersey video you did previously
excellent! great video and so exciting to see the Class 555 🚇
Knew i could rely on you for a review vid the day of! :)
I've heard they're sending the old Metros to London for a bit of further use!!
I’m assuming you’re joking? They wouldn’t work down there. Most will be scrapped but Beamish and Stephenson are getting one set each.
😂😂😂😂
@winco68 let's fucking go
Great to meet you, and great video!
1:07 keep that safe mate! Its gonna be a piece of local history eventually. Not many people have those either. I dont think many were handed out
That is good news - thanks for producing and sharing this vid so soon after introduction of the first unit. I look forward to a trip on them in 2025. As they say, you only get one chance to make a first impresssion so pleased to see yours was favourable - at 4m 20secs was that as close as anyone could come to an orgasm over a new train?!
Reminds me of the newer trains on the Berlin U Bahn
Hi edificity. Nice to see you that excited over a new metro! You just forgot to mention in what town this is. I already found out is is all around Newcastle upon Tyne. Congratulations with the new line. When I come there one day I will ride it too!
He said "Tyne and Wear", which is the area covering Newcastle, Gateshead and Sunderland which the network also covers
@@hopperelec O did he. Sorry edificity my fault.
I noticed the slide out step is great for mobility scooters you should try a video using one I can lend u one
Used to do loads of mountain biking when i was younger. They never used to let you take bikes on the old units, definitely a bonus being able to with the new ones. Id definitely like to have a ride round on one of the old ones before they go out of service. Any ideas where the old ones are going?
Most are being scrapped. The prototype unit 4001 is going to the Stephenson Museum and there's talk of another one going to Beamish museum but I don't know about that one
@@edificity I thought there was one already in a railway museum from years back, can't remember where i saw it though
They have configured them so far back in the past that technology already zoomed past em. Noone uses usb a anymore the seats should have usb-c.
Aside from that they really are nice lookin and well thought out trains. Look really sharp too! Overall I really like them
WHATTTTT???? I never got to see the class 555 while on my hunt to find the trains in Byker, only saw the class 994s
That's because it was only running Pelaw-Monkseaton. Should be doing the same on the coming weekdays
@ oh, thanks for the info
@@edificity ive heard that it was only pelaw to monkseaton for today, then from tomorrow it'll be doing a full day on one of the lines, i want to say a full day of the Yellow first
@CamsTransport if my intel is correct, it's doing the full yellow line tommorow, and then full green line on friday
Turns out the driver for this inaugural service is my colleague's brother so she's been getting behind the scenes updates that shes had to keep quiet about for months 😅
do you have any way of finding these as iam trying to find one soon. thanks for the great video
Try Yellow Line on weekdays
@ thank you so much, I will try that
Look very similar to the Merseyrail 777’s
this guy definatley deserves a sub from me bc i live in newcastle and we dont get much attention
Can't wait to give those new metros a ride. Do you know when they will run full green and yellow line services?
They should be running one or the other, full line, on weekdays
@edificity Good to know. I managed to get a glimpse of what the inside and outside of the train was like when I saw 555021 at central station, on my way back from Four Lane Ends (my favourite metro station) to Sunderland.
So hopefully we can see the new Metro 🚇 coming towards Millfield station in early January 2025 unless it's already been and I missed it! 😆 😂
Ah well at it looks modern and great. 😂
I reckon its only a pity that the new/old Northumberland/Blyth & Tyne line had not been electrified and incorporated into the T&W Metro.
I’m sort of glad they didn’t to be honest, we’d be waiting a lot longer for the line to open if that were the case
@@50upss True.
It’s probably better that it wasn’t incorporated into the Metro. That would mean 1.5kv DC OHLE which would scupper any future electrification at 25kv AC and the potential electrification under heavy rail of integrated local rail in the North East.
@@winco68 Fair comment.
❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉
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I'm not a local but I'm a big fan of Newcastle (I'm an Aussie, but I spent a few years living in the North East). The trains look great! Out of curiosity, how are people responding to the colourful artwork on the end of the carriage covering the driver's door? I don't know what to make of it. It looks a bit like scribbles or vandalism, but I'm wondering if it was deliberately done that way to hide actual vandalism? You can see it at 1:24 - thanks for posting this video mate!
There are four different artworks - the train was so busy I didn't get to film the front one! I made a video a while back when the art was revealed. Not sure how people feel about them in general, apart from missing the front window. I'm a fan though.
Are they giving out goodies on saturday ?
Welcome to the 21st century!
Finally! Tyne Metro feels so modern with this new fleet.
Fewer seats.
@@LAMF25 while fewer seats, I believe it has a higher capacity, and it finally feels more open than the old ones.
@JoshyB_1608 Who wants to stand?
@@LAMF25 I happily stand on these because I'm healthy and they're stable on the rails and I understand people need those seats more than I do. If you're a lazy kind of person, then you will just have to accept standing a little while on the trains if its busy.
EDIT (for clarity): What I mean is that you should be allowing people to have your seat if they ask/need it anyways *if you're capable of standing.*
It going to take two years to have the whole fleet running 😢
Wait where is this metro at country
I enjoyed the video of the Tyne and Wear Metro 🚇 the next time I'm up at Newcastle I hopefully to a ride on the Class 555.
Yeap been on it absolutely hate it. Made for treating customers like cattle cram as many people onboard make them stand for comfort and provide Aircon to stop customers mourning from the heat when 600 passengers onboard. Seems like a real step forward. Will be using my diesel guzzling car from now on.
Agreed. It's awful. The seats are so close together.
Why do they have the old usb ports and not usb c? Or did I just see that wrong?
The new Class 555 are very quiet compare to the old Class 599 Tyne & Wear Metro stocks.
The old trains are "Metrocars", known on TOPS as Class 994.
@@bfapple Bit of both really, they're actually known as 599 but N-R seem to mix by 994
@@metrotyler Good spot. It turns out that even my mechanical drawings are filed under Class 599.
Totally agree. 👍
I think they're afraid of announcing these coming on line in a big way because they've got so used to things going wrong
They've done plenty of press about it since the first day. They just didn't want to announce the first day because they didn't want it to be too crowded. Even without them officially announcing it, it was quite crowded! But it made for a great demonstration of how space efficient they are because you could still move around them pretty easily, even with bulky cameras everywhere!
@@hopperelec I didnt see such press, was it all after the event(s) though, nothing in advance?
@@theotherside8258 On the first day, it was on BBC Look North, ITV Tyne Tees, Chronicle Live, and then Nexus themselves has posted quite a few things about it on their socials. But yes, nothing beforehand
A.k.r.pemarathna..
The Metro system is a total shambles, closed between Sunderland and Newcastle indefinitely, btw these trains that can’t run are 3 years late!
How long before those seats are filthy from people's shoes on them?
USB A 🤦
Not everyone has dual ended USB-C cords.
Its ridiculous how long these have took to get put into service, they look so much better than the old ones but theyre still going to get stuck by the same overhead wires and dodgy signals the old ones have trouble with
None of this is true.
1. This is a pretty regular amount of time for these to enter service - an average piece of rolling stock takes about 2 years to enter service once they have them and that's the case here. Glasgow Subway was waiting a good 3 years on their trains.
2. They will not get stuck via the overhead lines as they have batteries on board to get through the network without overhead power for a little over half an hour straight. This battery power will be useful for at least safely getting people to the next station.
3. The current signals may continue to have issues but there is a plan to replace them with all new digital signalling which only these new trains support via ETCS. This will commence pretty much around the time 555 finishes its entry into service.
Not my idea of fun travel all longitudinal sets in thank you
That should say NO thank you awful.design
Ask merseyside about their new stadler trams...
Sad