SENRUG has supported Transport North East’s proposal to extend the Metro to Washington, but pointed out the section between the southern end of the Victoria Viaduct and Heworth should not be electrified (Metro trains to run under battery power) permitting the subsequent re-opening of a heavy rail route from Ferryhill to Heworth on the Leamside Line alignment, continuing on to Newcastle … and then possibly to Ashington. See our letter here.
