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Part of Gallowgate, Newcastle, flattened to make way for the new St. James Station. 22nd June 1976
Construction of Monument Station, Newcastle. 6th January 1978
Queen Elizabeth II with Sir James Steel at the the Gateshead Metro. 6th November 1981
Birds eye view of Monument Station, Newcastle. 6th January 1978
The Queen waits while Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh takes in a Metro tram driving lesson. 6th November 1981
Metro tunnel breaking - John Thorkildson (2nd right) with foreman Les Robinson, Councillor Jack Richardson and Councillor Scott Batey. 25th February 1977
Tyneside Metro, Ouseburn Viaduct. 27th June 1979
Construction of Jesmond Station, Newcastle. 30th March 1976
At St James Station, Newcastle, men are working by hand to dog out the start of the second tunnel. 20th February 1979
At the Central Station the whole of the Eastern part of the portico is being dismantled so that the foundations can be strengthened to take the new underground station. 8th August 1977
Civic VIPs at the Metro opening. They include Coun. Hugh Carling, Mayor of South Shields; Coun, Michael Campbell, leader of Tyne and Wear County Council; Coun
Manors Station, Newcastle, where a metro station begins to enter the city underground. 4th January 1978
Construction of the Ouseburn Viaduct, Tyneside Metro. 9th November 1977
Construction of the Tyneside Metro. 9th November 1977
A Metro train crosses the Tynes newest bridge for the first time, 90 feet above the river. 19th June 1981
The new Gateshead metro station, which is nearing completion. 19th September 1980
The entrance to the escalator shaft at Monument Station, Newcastle. 7th January 1978
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh attend the opening of the Tyneside Metro. 6th November 1981
Construction of the Tyneside metro. 22nd May 1975
Peter South, sub agent for Mowlem, and Neville Harrison, of Mott Hay and Anderson, consulting engineers welcome tunnelling miners at the Metro link-up under Eldon Square, Newcastle. 5th September 1979
Metro passengers first stepped into the trains on 11th August, 1980. It was the first urban light rail transport system to operate in Britain
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip board the Metro Train at Gateshead station to leave for Heworth November 1981
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