Metrocar

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Metrocar 4087 at Benton Square foot crossing
Metrocar 4087

The Metrocar is the original rolling stock for the Tyne and Wear Metro, purpose-built by Metro-Cammell between 1978 and 1981. They are numbered 4001-4090 which has been speculated to be based on a TOPS class number of 994, but all official sources refer to them as class 599s.[1][2] 86 metrocars (4003-4090, excluding 4040 and 4083) were refurbished by Wabtec Rail between 2010 and 2015.[3] The metrocars are currently being phased out and replaced by 46 of the new Class 555s.[4] So far, 79 metrocars have been scrapped and 3 others have been permanently withdrawn.

Fleet list

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UnitStatusEx-worksAccepted for serviceLast known paxOfficially withdrawnDisposed
Metrocar 4001preserved
Metrocar 4002scrapped
Metrocar 4003scrapped
Metrocar 4004scrapped
Metrocar 4005scrapped
Metrocar 4006scrapped
Metrocar 4007scrapped
Metrocar 4008scrapped
Metrocar 4009scrapped
Metrocar 4010scrapped
Metrocar 4011scrapped
Metrocar 4012scrapped
Metrocar 4013scrapped
Metrocar 4014scrapped
Metrocar 4015scrapped
Metrocar 4016scrapped
Metrocar 4017scrapped
Metrocar 4018scrapped
Metrocar 4019permanently withdrawn
Metrocar 4020preserved
Metrocar 4021scrapped
Metrocar 4022scrapped
Metrocar 4023scrapped
Metrocar 4024passenger service
Metrocar 4025scrapped
Metrocar 4026scrapped
Metrocar 4027scrapped
Metrocar 4028scrapped
Metrocar 4029inactive
Metrocar 4030scrapped
Metrocar 4031scrapped
Metrocar 4032scrapped
Metrocar 4033scrapped
Metrocar 4034scrapped
Metrocar 4035scrapped
Metrocar 4036scrapped
Metrocar 4037scrapped
Metrocar 4038scrapped
Metrocar 4039scrapped
Metrocar 4040scrapped
Metrocar 4041passenger service
Metrocar 4042scrapped
Metrocar 4043scrapped
Metrocar 4044scrapped
Metrocar 4045scrapped
Metrocar 4046scrapped
Metrocar 4047scrapped
Metrocar 4048scrapped
Metrocar 4049scrapped
Metrocar 4050passenger service
Metrocar 4051scrapped
Metrocar 4052scrapped
Metrocar 4053scrapped
Metrocar 4054scrapped
Metrocar 4055scrapped
Metrocar 4056scrapped
Metrocar 4057scrapped
Metrocar 4058scrapped
Metrocar 4059scrapped
Metrocar 4060scrapped
Metrocar 4061scrapped
Metrocar 4062scrapped
Metrocar 4063scrapped
Metrocar 4064scrapped
Metrocar 4065scrapped
Metrocar 4066scrapped
Metrocar 4067scrapped
Metrocar 4068passenger service
Metrocar 4069scrapped
Metrocar 4070scrapped
Metrocar 4071scrapped
Metrocar 4072scrapped
Metrocar 4073scrapped
Metrocar 4074scrapped
Metrocar 4075scrapped
Metrocar 4076scrapped
Metrocar 4077scrapped
Metrocar 4078passenger service
Metrocar 4079inactive
Metrocar 4080scrapped
Metrocar 4081passenger service
Metrocar 4082scrapped
Metrocar 4083scrapped
Metrocar 4084scrapped
Metrocar 4085scrapped
Metrocar 4086scrapped
Metrocar 4087scrapped
Metrocar 4088scrapped
Metrocar 4089scrapped
Metrocar 4090scrapped

History

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Originally in the cream and yellow livery of the Tyne and Wear PTE, the Metrocar usually ran on their own but in peak times they would couple together and run as a multiple-unit.

They received a half-life refurbishment in the 1990s at Gosforth Depot, bringing the red, green and blue liveries to the trains. It also brought an interior refurbishment with new seating. This also marked the end of single unit running for passengers. Some trains were used as advertisement trains during this time, having their own unique liveries to promote a brand.

Then they got another three-quarter life refurbishment in the early 2010s at Wabtec, Doncaster, which brought the iconic yellow and black livery we know today.

Sources

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  1. ↑ Network Rail (September 2025), "London North Eastern (NCS) Sectional Appendix)" (archived), p. 1145-1160
  2. ↑ Department for Transport (April 2017), "Rail vehicle Accessibility: Exception application, Tyne and Wear Metro" (archived)
  3. ↑ Nexus (26 February 2014), "The £30m refurbishment of Metro's train fleet reaches the halfway mark"
  4. ↑ Nexus (14 August 2025). "Metro’s old trains deliver recycling boost on their final journeys"
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