The oldest train driver in the history of the Tyne and Wear Metro has retired at the age of 75 after serving the public for more than 40 years and transporting millions of people

Grace Turner

Richard Neesham has said goodbye with emotion to a job that evolved into a lifetime career spanning more than 40 years.

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Richard began operating Metros in 1981, not long after the network’s inception, and he is from Fawdon in Newcastle.

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