Switzerland to Ponteland: Newcastle’s metro fleet starts journey
![Stadler Class 555 metro train in yellow livery of Tyne and Wear Metro on test at Rigi in the Swiss Alps](https://www.railtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Stadler-Tyne-and-Wear-Metro-train-testing-in-Switzerland-MArtin-Horam-and-TW-Metro-FB.jpg)
Destined for the city centres and suburbs of North East England, new Stadler-built metro trains have been spotted in the Swiss Alps. The trains are at the start of their long journey to acceptance and deployment on the banks of the Tyne and Wear rivers, in the decidedly less mountainous surroundings of Newcastle and Sunderland.
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