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Geographical features of the location of key elements of the external and internal public transportation, residential districts and working areas, places of mass recreation and entertainment, shopping and educational facilities, stadiums and health-sports centers, historical sites and precious natural landscapes of the Tyne and Wear Conurbation determine the acceptable type of Metro scheme. In international practice for similar situations with the polycentric location of objects successfully applied Complex Loop-shaped schemes and Ring-Radial schemes. The proposed scheme of Tyne and Wear Metro allows to combine Rings and Radial lines. New lines Basis of the configuration are following principles: - the location of the stations on the straights (predominantly); - Minimum radius of curves – 600 meters. The developed network of the Metro has four overlapping rings, and eight radial branches, that connect to rings and each other in the central part: - THE RING LANE: *Airport, South Cramlington, West Monkseaton, Meadow Well, Port, Chichester, Seaburn – Park Lane, New Silksworth, Newbottle, Chester-le-Street, Stanley, Ryton, Throckley, Airport*; - DIAMETRAL AND RADIAL LANES: Blyth, South Cramlington, Four Lane Ends, Walkergate, Pelaw, Leam Lane, Glebe, Fatfield, Newbottle, Peterlee*; *Heddon-on-the-Wall, Throckley, Saint James*; *Prudhoe, Ryton, The Metro Centre, Bensham, Mount Pleasant, Felling*; *Consett, Stanley, Whicham, Bensham, Central Station / Newcastle Railway station*; *South Hylton, Glebe, Birtley, Kibblesworth, Whickham, The Metro Centre*; *East Durham, Chester-le-Street, Kibblesworth, Low Fell, Mount Pleasant, Gateshead*; *Tyne Dock, Brockle Whins, Pallion, New Silksworth, Seaham*; *Birtley, Fatfield*; *Low Fell, Leam Lane*, *Airport, Ponteland*, *Bank Foot, Kenton, Haymarket*; *Ragent Centre, Longbenton*; *Central Station / Newcastle Railway station, Manors*; *Howdon, Port*; *South Shields, Best View, Tynemouth*. This allows for the delivery of pa