There are currently “major” delays across the Newcastle Metro service this morning after freezing temperatures have caused trains to fail.

Tyne and Wear Metro have reported the delays as system-wide with delays being up to 25 minutes.

Initially the service was reporting two train failures and two trains leaving the depot late.

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However, as the morning has progressed this has increased to four train failures at the depot.

A spokesperson for Tyne and Wear Metro said: “We have delays of up to 25 minutes system wide. This is due to train failures caused by the freezing temperatures.

“We also have 3 trains cancelled due to fleet availability. Sorry for the inconvenience this will cause this morning.”

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