Editing Tyne and Wear Metro (section)

=== Rolling stock ===
The Tyne and Wear Metro currently uses two classes of rolling stock for passenger service. The system started with 90 [[Metrocar|metrocars]], manufactured by [[Metro-Cammell]]. However, many of these have now been scrapped while the fleet is replaced by 46 of the new [[Class 555|Class 555s]], manufactured by [[Stadler]]. The new trains first entered passenger service in December 2024<ref>Nexus ({{#dateformat:18 december 2025}}). [https://www.nexus.org.uk/news/item/metros-first-new-train-enters-customer-service "Metro’s first new train enters customer service"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20241219144259/https://www.nexus.org.uk/news/item/metros-first-new-train-enters-customer-service archived])</ref> and are expected to all be in service by the end of 2026<ref>Nexus ({{#dateformat:14 august 2025}}). [https://www.nexus.org.uk/news/item/metros-old-trains-deliver-recycling-boost-their-final-journeys "Metro’s old trains deliver recycling boost on their final journeys"]</ref><ref>Nexus ({{#dateformat:18 february 2025}}). [https://www.nexus.org.uk/news/item/new-metro-fleet-enters-customer-service-sunderland-line "New Metro fleet enters customer service on the Sunderland line"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20250308003424/https://www.nexus.org.uk/news/item/new-metro-fleet-enters-customer-service-sunderland-line archived])</ref>.

Alongside the passenger stock, Metro also owns and operates three [[Metro's battery locomotives|battery locomotives]] (BL1, BL2 and BL3), a ballast tamper ([[MA‑60]]), five hopper wagons, eight bogie flat wagons, and two low height spoil wagons.<ref>Nexus ({{#dateformat:4 July 2016}}). [https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/metro_train_specifications#incoming-833680 "Metro Train Specifications - a Freedom of Information request to Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20211108134005/https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/metro_train_specifications#incoming-833680 archived]), ''WhatDoTheyKnow''</ref><gallery widths="200" heights="150">
File:Metrocar 4087.JPEG|Metrocar 4087
File:555004.JPEG|Unit 555004
File:Tyne-and-wear-metro-depot-shunter.jpg|Battery loco BL1 dragging a metrocar
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