Interested in Architecture, Cities, Public Realm & Urban Transport. Specialist in none of the above. | All views are my own.
Newcastle Gateshead, UK.
Joined February 2012
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So, after two years, Sunderland Station finally looks half decent (emphasis on the half)
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A trip down Newcastle's Mosley St., Collingwood St. and Neville Street... with a difference.
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That a metro system would be built in a northern UK city involving underground tunnels and stations is supposedly an impossible, unrealistic idea from an unserious mind.
Meanwhile, Newcastle with 13km of bored tunnels and 9 underground stations built 13 years after first plans:
ALT view into the dark of a bored circular tunnel, with clean black and white panelling in the passenger part of the platform, and judicious use of Calvert typeface
ALT view through a clean subterranean corridor to the doors of a Metro train
ALT a view down the wee platform, with clean lines, clever design and a decidedly proper look to the system
ALT a view up an escalator shaft giving an idea of the depth of the station - again, this is a proper underground station built in the heart of mining territory just like Leeds
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New Ouseburn footbridge over the Tyne proposed bbc.in/4zvr0eW
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Went to have a look tonight and good as it is, I could have been so much better if a south entrance had been created too!
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#NewcastleUponTyne Northumberland Street Newcastle upon Tyne, photographed 11th September 2026.
Still some works being undertaken at the Pilgrim Street end of Northumberland Street but the renovations seem almost complete.
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🚨New Video!
Almost two years after the first class 555 metro train entered service, two years of using them as a regular passenger, I've pulled together a comprehensive, in-depth and balanced (as possible) user's review of these trains:
youtu.be/a9jorsUY8cU?is=SAdy…
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We are encouraging the public to respond positively to the Mayor’s Bus Franchising Consultation.
We want an integrated, reliable, affordable, simple to use network.
For more info, see our site: betterbusesne.org.uk
Have your say! Show your support at northeast-ca.gov.uk/consulta…
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The trees on Northumberland St. and Ridley Place make such a difference, as do the planters/rain gardens.
The lack of greenery in old StreetView images made the place look completely devoid of life and nature.
📍 Northumberland Street, #Newcastle.
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🚨New Video!🚨
The Last Metrocars on #tyneandwearmetro 🚇 – filmed nostalgic style!
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Newcastle City Council has approved 57 homes on Lime Street in Byker.
The flats will sit above four ground-floor commercial units.
placenortheast.co.uk/by-the-…
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Askew Road (east), former 4 lane congested traffic sewer.
Let’s hope the progress in Gateshead over the last few years isn’t reversed, to the detriment of local residents, businesses & potential development. 🤞
📸 1st three photos from GMBC: instagram.com/p/DYuXND5CJyL/…
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Happy birthday to the great Margaret Calvert. Here's my video on the legacy she left on the TW Metro:
Now the football's over there's no excuse to miss my new video:
Calvert: Typeface for the Tyne and Wear Metro youtu.be/J8gWTUCPPc0
I worked super hard on this one so I hope you enjoy my look at Margaret Calvert's invaluable design contribution to the Metro
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Beautiful new bus station, but it appears to be lacking Calvert B for Bus branding, for an integrated, cohesive look with the rest of the region.
Why is @DurhamCouncil still doing their own thing, @KiMcGuinness?
ONE region, ONE cohesive public transport network.
