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  Company Type Passenger Transport Executive
  Foundation Transport Act 1968 <br><small>(as Tyneside PTE)</small>
  Location Nexus House,<br> St James' Boulevard,<br> Newcastle Upon Tyne ,<br> Tyne And Wear ,<br> England
  Key People Bernard Garner, Director General
  Parent Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Authority
  Homepage nexusorguk
  Area Served Tyne And Wear


The Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive (TWPTE), using the brandname of Nexus, is the Passenger Transport Executive for the metropolitan county of Tyne And Wear , England .

TWPTE is the operations arm of the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Authority (TWPTA). The PTA is made up of fifteen councillors from the county: four from each of Newcastle Upon Tyne and Sunderland , three from Gateshead , and two from each of North Tyneside and South Tyneside .


OPERATIONS

Tyne and Wear PTE are responsible for the following aspects of the Tyne and Wear transport system:

  • owning, maintaining and operating the Tyne And Wear Metro ;

  • owning, maintaining and operating the Shields Ferry ;

  • coordinating local bus services;

  • subsidising socially necessary, but unprofitable, bus services;

  • subsidising local rail services;

  • running the Concessionary Travel scheme

  • providing public transport information;

  • maintaining bus stops and most Bus Station s.

  • coordinating TaxiLink welfare transport

  • coordinating LinkUp demand responsive transport


Tyne and Wear PTA are 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;

  • maintaining and operating the Tyne Tunnel .



TYNE AND WEAR ZONING SYSTEM

Fares on PTA-regulated bus, metro and ferry services (and also those for Transfare tickets) are based on a system of zones, with the fare determined by the number of zones passed through.

Zones are denoted by 2-digit numbers. Some examples are:



TRAVELSHOPS

Nexus runs nine travelshops selling season tickets, providing information, etc. These are located at:

There is also a 'Metroshop' selling Metro-only season tickets at Newcastle Central Station .


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