Metrocar 4034

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Metrocar 4034
StatusScrapped
Key dates
  • Ex-works[?] 09 November 1978
  • Accepted for service 03 March 1980
  • Pre-Wabtec[?] 9 October 2013
  • Post-Wabtec[?] 3 December 2013
  • Last known pax 22 June 2025
  • Officially withdrawn 22 June 2025
  • Disposed 9 September 2025
Grim reapers4020+4061
Held liveries
  1. PTE
  2. RGB Red
  3. Nexus Grey
  4. Whitley Artisanal Vodka ad


4034 was a production Metrocar built by Metro-Cammell at Washwood Heath, Birmingham.

When 4034 was delivered from refurbishment at Doncaster in November 2013 it was rejected by Nexus after being tagged overnight in Cramlington with graffiti and it was sent back to Wabtec to clean off the graffiti and was eventually delivered again a couple weeks later in December 2013.

4034 was the last Metrocar and currently the last Tyne and Wear Metro rolling stock to wear an advertisement due to the 555s not being wrapped in any advertisements yet.