The Metro: A Rail Life Story

The Metro: A Rail Life Story (2020)

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The Metro: A Rail Life Story follows life on the Tyne and Wear Metro – the first time cameras have been allowed in-depth behind the scenes at the UK's biggest metro system outside London.

The Metro is 48 miles long, with passengers making 37 million journeys a year around Newcastle, Sunderland, Gateshead, North and South Tyneside.

Filmed over the busy Summer of 2019 as the Metro approached its 40th birthday, cameras show some of its 1,100 staff dealing with the biggest events of the year – including the Great North Run and the Spice Girls reunion concert in Sunderland.

With 60 stations the Tyne and Wear Metro serves 100,000 passengers a day and its trains travel 10,000 miles a day. But, as the series reveals, it's a service that is often under fire and stretched to its limits as, ahead of a new fleet being delivered, it currently operates with trains that are as old as the Metro itself.

This series follows the highs and lows of the summer and provides a vivid insight into the daily trials and tribulations for staff.

Network
Scheduleevery Tuesday at 19:30 (30 min)

Last Episode

Episode 4
Season 1Episode 430 min

Episode 4

In the fourth and final episode, all staff leave is cancelled on the Metro's busiest and most colourful day of the year as the Great North Run comes to town. 

It's a big day for station delivery manager Lynn Dickinson who has managed the event a dozen times before - but this time it's different with a new, untested station at the centre of it all in South Shields. 

It's an emotional day for one particular runner, Colin Burgin-Plews – known as the Big Pink Dress man for the colourful attire he usually wears while taking part in the event – this year running in memory of a friend.

Feb 11, 2020

Recent Episodes

EpisodeNameAirdate
S01E04Episode 4Feb 11, 2020
S01E03Episode 3Feb 4, 2020
S01E02Episode 2Jan 21, 2020
S01E01Episode 1Jan 14, 2020
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Cast

Zoe Hakin

Zoe Hakin

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voiced by Zoe Hakin
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