Metro works could help Airshow and Great North Run THE Great North Run and the Sunderland International Airshow could both see the benefits of major upgrades to the Metro network. Bosses on the Tyne and Wear transport system hope to agree a contract for the ‘Metro Flow’ project between Pelaw and Bede stations early next year. But while spectators and competitors at the two annual events, among other, stand to benefit, families and business who rely on the service could be forced to make do with the bus for 12 weeks while engineers get to work. Once completed, the scheme will increase capacity, reliability and frequency of Metro trains outside central areas.