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The North East - home to Britain’s largest sculpture, The Angel of the North, the world’s oldest surviving railway bridge and the oldest provincial newspaper in the UK. Regardless of its industrial heritage, the maritime cliffs and extensive moorland make the North East a unique region.

Planned Transport Investment for the North East

We are pushing for a local growth fund investment across economic infrastructure in the region worth £270 million, £362 million replacement of the Tyne and Wear Metro fleet, housing infrastructure fund projects in Sunderland, expanded and refreshed network of electric vehicle charging points, as well as many other exciting and innovative projects in the region.

Cllr Martin Gannon, Chair of the Joint Transport Committee

“Transport is critically important to the future success of our region. Enhanced transport links will boost our economy, improve our environment by providing more carbon-neutral transport links and also greatly improve the health and well-being of people across the North East.”

National Roads Fund

We’ve worked with North East Combined Authority (NECA) to submit a bid for funding to make the case for vital maintenance and enhancement work to the Tyne Bridge..

If supported by the National Roads Fund, this scheme would make a significant difference to those travelling into North East.

Find out more in the video from our Major Roads Director Peter Molyneux.

National Roads Fund

The North East Transport Plan

The North East Transport Plan is an ambitious multi-billion-pound strategy aimed at delivering major improvements across the North East.

The Plan includes multiple road, rail and public transport projects which will drive forward increased connectivity.

An 8-week public consultation took place in 2020/21 with local authority, stakeholder and community responses feeding into the final document.

Read the plan

The North East Transport Plan consultation

Did you know?

The Angel of the North is over 20 years old and is one of the largest landmarks in the country. But did you know that the wings are 54 meters wide, which means it would be taller than the Statue of Liberty, if you tipped it onto its side?
Not all bridges can withstand the test of time, but Causey Arch in County Durham can. Built in 1725, the bridge is still standing strong, making it the oldest railway bridge in the world.
Did you know that after years of experiments, Sir Joseph Swan from Gateshead invented the electric lightbulb? In fact, he had the first electrically powered house in the world – and it was 20 years later that Thomas Edison introduced a practical lightbulb, using Joseph’s original design.
In South Shields, South Tyneside still runs the oldest provincial newspaper in the UK, the Shields Gazette, founded in 1849.
Each year on the last weekend in July, Sunderland hosts the largest free air show in Europe – the Sunderland International Airshow, which has been running since 1989.

Industrial Tyne, East of Newcastle with cranes on the horizon on a misty late afternoon.

Bywell Farm Corbridge Tyne Valley Tyneside Northumberland Sheep Grazing

Explore our North

Click on the interactive map below to see the plans for the future transport investment.

£270 million Local Growth Fund investment across economic infrastructure.
£362 million replacement of the Tyne and Wear Metro Fleet.
Metro Asset Renewal, New skills centre and Interchange developments.
Housing Infrastructure Fund projects in Sunderland and North Tyneside to unlock new homes by delivering infrastructure, including bus links.
Expanded and refreshed network of electric vehicle charging points, including a new filling station.

Rail

Engineering the future

On Friday 12 April 2019, Transport for the North Chief Executive, Barry White, visited the Hitachi Rail train assembly facility at Newton Aycliffe, County Durham. Opened in September 2015, the factory, which covers ...

Tuesday 16th April 2019

Advanced manufacturing

Advancing the North’s Historical Strengths | Advanced manufacturing

The North has always been a powerhouse, not least because of its manufacturing capabilities. It is now building on its industrial heritage, as a pioneer of all forms of advanced manufacturing ...

Tuesday 29th August 2017

Roads

North submits bid for £700 million to improve road connectivity through National Roads Fund

Transport for the North have submitted a bid for a £700 million investment in the region’s roads over the next five years as part of the National Roads Fund, in order to ...

Wednesday 21st August 2019

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