Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive

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Nexus

Type	Local Government body
Founded	Transport Act 1968 as Tyneside PTE
Headquarters	Tyne and Wear
Parent	Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Authority
Website	nexus.org.uk

The Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive (TWPTE), using the brandname of Nexus, is the Passenger Transport Executive for the 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 15 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.

1 Operations
2 Tyne and Wear Zoning System
3 Travelshops
4 External links

[edit] 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 stations.
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.

[edit] 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:

Newcastle International Airport - Zone 07
Whitley Bay - Zone 19
MetroCentre - Zone 25
Central Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead - Zone 26
Heworth - Zone 36
South Shields - Zone 38
Washington - Zone 46
Central Sunderland - Zone 57
Houghton-le-Spring - Zone 58
Easington Lane - Zone 60

[edit] 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.

Passenger Transport Executives in the United Kingdom
PTE	Brand Name
Greater Manchester	GMPTE
Merseyside	Merseytravel
South Yorkshire	Travel South Yorkshire
Tyne & Wear	Nexus
West Midlands	Centro / Network West Midlands*
West Yorkshire	Metro
*- in process of rebranding
See also:
Transport for London - Strathclyde Partnership for Transport