Very rare to see these two unrefurbished metrocars on a full line service! On Sunday February 19th 2023 they operated on the green line between Airport - South Hylton.
Between around 2010 and 2015, 86 of the 90 Tyne and Wear Metro metrocars were refurbished at Wabtec in Doncaster. The interior was completely refreshed with white floors and grey seats. 4 metrocars were left urefurbished though, due to budget issues. These metrocars were original prototypes 4001 and 4002, as well as these two, 4040 and 4083.
A few years later these metrocars received a basic level refurbishment in Gosforth depot with a wider wheelchair space, white floor near the doors and next stop announcements, they do however retain most of the features from the 1990's interior including black floors, original design lighting, grey walls and the old red seat pattern from the 2000's. A couple of blue covers can also be seen.
These metrocars are rarely used on full services, usually just on the weekday peak time extra services but recently there has been a shortage of trains resulting in the weekday extra services being cancelled and these metrocars on full lines! It is nice to ride metrocars with old interior!
Негізгі бет RARE - Unrefurbished Tyne and Wear Metrocars 4040 & 4083 on the Green Line, Airport - South Hylton.
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