INFRASTRUCTURE maintenance staff who work on the Tyne & Wear Metro used a volunteering day in March to undertake essential repairs to overhead lines on the tramway at Beamish Museum in County Durham.
It was a follow-up to an inspection they had carried out during a previous volunteering session in December 2021, and involved vehicles owned by Metro operator Nexus, incorporating platforms for working at height, generally used for overnight maintenance on the system’s own overhead equipment.