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Tyne and Wear Metro : Pictures : metro open day 2005

To celebrate the Tyne and Wear Metro's 25^th birthday, Nexus held an open day at Gosforth depot on 7^th August 2005. Entry was free, and visitors had the opportunity to explore the whole of the depot complex. There were also model railway exhibits and family-orientated features such as live entertainment and fairground rides. These pictures were taken during the open day.

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4001, in Tyne and Wear PTE livery, in the depot at Gosforth

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4002 in the shed at Gosforth depot

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4008, stabled in the shed at the depot

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4012 at Gosforth depot

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4012 inside the shed at Gosforth depot

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4013 in the depot at Gosforth

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4016 at the 2005 depot Open Day

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End-on view of 4021, stabled at the depot

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4027 inside the shed at Gosforth

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4027, seen inside the shed at the 2005 depot Open Day

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4031 stabled at Gosforth

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4031 showing off the blue variation of the Metro livery

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4031 inside the shed at the 2005 depot Open Day. At the time the unit was painted in gold to mark Her Majesty the Queen's Golden Jubilee

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Detail of the symbol on the side of 4032, which was painted in a gold livery to mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee

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4037, stabled at Gosforth depot

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4038 at Gosforth depot

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4040 inside the depot. The unit's overall advert is part of a campaign to make Newcastle the world's first carbon-neutral city—an aim in which public transport has a major part to play

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4040 head-on

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4042, in its Metro Radio livery

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4047, inside at Gosforth depot

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