Operations
Tyne and Wear PTE is responsible for the following aspects of the Tyne and Wear transport system:
- operating, maintaining and modernising the Tyne and Wear Metro;
- owning, maintaining and operating the Shields Ferry;
- coordinating local bus services;
- subsidising socially necessary, but unprofitable, bus services, including school buses;
- subsidising local rail services between Newcastle and Sunderland;
- running the concessionary travel scheme for people aged 60 and over and eligible disabled
- subsidising public transport for children aged under 16 and further education students
- providing public transport information;
- maintaining bus stops and most bus stations.
- running Taxicard, a subsidised taxi service for disabled people
Tyne and Wear ITA is responsible for the following aspects of the Tyne and Wear transport system:
- administering the concessionary travel scheme;
- setting fares on secured bus services, local rail, metro and ferry services;
- owning the Tyne Tunnel river crossings, which are being expanded by a concessionaire.
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