Metrocar
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Metrocar
The Metrocar is the original rolling stock for the Tyne and Wear Metro.
Manufactured by MetroCammel in the late 1970s for the new Metro system.
Originally in a creme and yellow livery, the Metrocars usually ran on their own but in peak times they would run as a multiple-unit.
Eventually they got their first quarter-life refurbishment, bringing the nostalgic red, green and blue liveries to the trains. It also brought an interior refurbishment with new seating.
Then they got another quarter-life refurbishment in the early 2010s, which brought the iconic yellow and black livery we know today.
Metrocar Fleet Information
This section is dedicated to the current status of the Metrocar fleet of trains. For information on the predecessor of the Metrocars, visit the Class 555 page.
The Tyne and Wear Metro's original fleet of trains, the Metrocar, originally manufactured in the late 1970s for the new Metro system that opened on the 11th August, 1980.
The Metrocars are being replaced with a new fleet of Stadler-built Class 555 trains.
| Number | Ex Works | In Service | Withdrawn | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4001 | 1975 | By 1988 | 18 April 2021 | Withdrawn, to be preserved at Stephenson Railway Museum in Wallsend |
| 4002 | 1975 | By 1988 | 9 August 2022 | Scrapped |
| 4003 | 23 August 1978 | 15 April 2025 | Scrapped | |
| 4004 | 5 October 1978 | |||
| 4005 | 10 October 1978 | |||
| 4006 | 31 October 1978 | |||
| 4007 | 24 August 1979 | 31 May 2024 | Scrapped | |
| 4008 | 27 June 1979 | |||
| 4009 | 18 December 1978 | |||
| 4010 | 23 March 1979 | 18 May 2022 | Scrapped | |
| 4011 | 19 July 1979 | |||
| 4012 | 26 March 1979 | |||
| 4013 | 18 April 1979 | 2 May 2025 | Scrapped | |
| 4014 | 21 September 1979 | |||
| 4015 | 9 November 1979 | |||
| 4016 | 9 November 1979 | 17 March 2025 | Scrapped | |
| 4017 | 15 October 1979 | |||
| 4018 | 29 November 1979 | 5 May 2025 | Scrapped | |
| 4019 | 15 October 1979 | |||
| 4020 | 21 September 1979 | In service, but earmarked for preservation at Beamish | ||
| 4021 | 25 October 1979 | 18 May 2025 | Scrapped | |
| 4022 | 25 October 1979 | 31 March 2017 | Scrapped | |
| 4023 | 9 November 1979 | |||
| 4024 | 10 December 1979 | |||
| 4025 | 5 March 1979 | 23 May 2025 | Scrapped | |
| 4026 | 5 July 1979 | |||
| 4027 | 8 February 1979 | |||
| 4028 | 18 December 1979 | |||
| 4029 | 29 January 1979 | |||
| 4030 | 30 November 1981 | |||
| 4031 | 8 April 1980 | 25 November 2024 | Scrapped | |
| 4032 | 18 December 1978 | |||
| 4033 | 19 July 1979 | 11 June 2025 | Scrapped | |
| 4034 | 9 November 1978 | |||
| 4035 | 14 May 1979 | |||
| 4036 | 22 February 1980 | 29 June 2025 | Scrapped | |
| 4037 | 29 February 1980 | 1 September 2023 | Scrapped | |
| 4038 | 8 April 1980 | |||
| 4039 | 14 May 1979 | |||
| 4040 | 26 February 1979 | 6 August 2023 | Scrapped | |
| 4041 | 19 July 1979 | |||
| 4042 | 3 September 1980 | |||
| 4043 | 26 February 1979 | |||
| 4044 | 26 February 1979 | |||
| 4045 | 8 February 1979 | |||
| 4046 | 24 January 1980 | |||
| 4047 | 28 July 1980 | |||
| 4048 | 8 April 1980 | Scrapped | ||
| 4049 | 29 January 1979 | |||
| 4050 | 18 December 1978 | |||
| 4051 | 29 November 1979 | |||
| 4052 | 8 February 1979 | 18 April 2024 | Scrapped | |
| 4053 | 29 January 1979 | |||
| 4054 | 3 September 1980 | 10 November 2024 | Scrapped | |
| 4055 | 28 July 1980 | 19 August 2020 | Scrapped | |
| 4056 | 20 May 1980 | |||
| 4057 | 20 May 1980 | 16 March 2025 | Scrapped | |
| 4058 | 25 April 1980 | |||
| 4059 | 22 October 1980 | |||
| 4060 | 3 September 1980 | |||
| 4061 | 19 August 1981 | |||
| 4062 | 23 September 1980 | 22 September 2020 | Scrapped | |
| 4063 | 18 June 1979 | |||
| 4064 | 28 July 1980 | 24 February 2025 | Scrapped | |
| 4065 | 19 May 1981 | |||
| 4066 | 31 March 1981 | |||
| 4067 | 22 October 1980 | |||
| 4068 | 18 December 1979 | |||
| 4069 | 15 February 1980 | |||
| 4070 | 25 March 1980 | 12 May 2023 | Scrapped | |
| 4071 | 20 May 1980 | |||
| 4072 | 23 September 1980 | May 2025 | Scrapped | |
| 4073 | 24 January 1980 | |||
| 4074 | 8 January 1980 | |||
| 4075 | 13 July 1981 | |||
| 4076 | 26 March 1979 | 1 November 2022 | Scrapped | |
| 4077 | 21 May 1979 | 10 February 2023 | Scrapped | |
| 4078 | 25 November 1980 | |||
| 4079 | 18 April 1979 | |||
| 4080 | 22 October 1980 | |||
| 4081 | 7 October 1981 | |||
| 4082 | 18 December 1979 | 26 November 2024 | Scrapped | |
| 4083 | 26 February 1981 | 29 July 2023 | Scrapped | |
| 4084 | 18 April 1979 | 26 November 2024 | Scrapped | |
| 4085 | 18 June 1979 | |||
| 4086 | 25 November 1980 | |||
| 4087 | 29 December 1980 | |||
| 4088 | 29 December 1980 | 29 June 2023 | Scrapped | |
| 4089 | 26 February 1981 | |||
| 4090 | 31 March 1981 |
