The Tyne and Wear Metrocar is a light rail vehicle used on the Tyne and Wear Metro in North East England. Ninety units were manufactured between 1978 and 1981 by Metro-Cammell and are designated British Rail Class 599 on TOPS. Two prototypes, 4001 and 4002, were tested from June 1975 on a 1.5-mile test track at Backworth before the system opened. The trains use rheostatic braking between 50 and 19 mph, with air-operated disc brakes for the final stages of deceleration and emergency magnetic track brakes, from a maximum service speed of 50 mph (80 km/h). The network is electrified with a 1,500 V DC overhead line system. The trains were refurbished between 1996 and 2000 and between 2010 and 2015, and since 2024 have been gradually replaced by new Class 555 units built by Stadler Rail.
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a light rail vehicle used on the Tyne and Wear Metro in North East England
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