Last day at Gosforth Metro depot

January 2023 The end of an era for the Tyne and Wear Metro as the old depot at Gosforth closed its doors for the final time. Stadler have transferred their maintenance teams across to the brand new £70m depot which has been built on the same site. The 100 year-old facility, home to Metro for 43 years, will be demolished. Staff have had a nostalgic final week in the old train sheds and maintenance shop, first constructed in 1923, as they prepared to move out. The depot has been home to the Tyne and Wear Metro since 1980. It marks the start of a new era for Metro it gets ready to welcome the first new Stadler train in a few weeks’ time. The new depot will be used to look after the existing Metro fleet, as well as the new trains when they start to arrive. Nexus, the public body which owns and manages Metro, said the closure of the old depot was another milestone that paved the way for Metro’s bright future. It has 46 new trains on order from Stadler.