Brian, I wondered if I had misunderstood Fran's question, when I read your reply to her. Not living in Newcastle myself, I always thought that the Metro are trains and not trams. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Pears" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> > "Jan Boyes" <[email protected]> wrote: >>Just found this link where it says the The system finally closed on 4 >>March 1950. >>Have a look at this for more information. >> >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_Corporation_Tramways > ----------------------------- > I think we can assume that the question related to the Metro > trams, not the long defunct street tram system. > > -- > Brian Pears (Joint List Admin - NORTHUMBRIA Mailing List)