Upon the opening of the Metro extension, the mainline rail service frequency to Newcastle upon Tyne was halved to one per hour.

In many quarters, the Metro extension has not been viewed as a huge success due to this cut in the frequency of services.

Metro extensions: Extending the Orange, Yellow and Blue lines.

However, the Metro extension has not been viewed as a huge success with frequency of services cut due to a lack of demand.

Pressure from other services after dereugulation, coupled with the announcement of the Tyne & Wear Metro extension to Sunderland and South Hylton caused the company to close in 1995.

Local residents and officials had talked of a Metro extension to Dulles since the Washington Metro began service in 1976, but significant planning did not begin until 2000.

The announcement of the Metro extension to South Hylton contributed to the closure of the Jolly Bus service, based in South Hylton.

Before the Metro extension to Sunderland had been mooted, there were plans for a railway station here.

DMRC conducts soil tests in Thiruvottiyur areas for Metro extension.

This Metro extension has been put on hold indefinitely.