20 Problems You'll Only Encounter On The Tyne & Wear Metro

14. Schoolkids. Schoolkids Everywhere

Tyne and Wear is home to a mass of schools, many located within the Newcastle and Sunderland areas. This means that a good portion of each morning's metro population consists of hyperactive, uniformed little gremlins. State or private school, they're equally annoying for different reasons. The former love chasing each other in and out of the doors, while the latter are just too damn chirpy.

13. Babies

Hardly a problem unique to our Metro system, but one which definitely needs addressing. Sometimes they'll be accompanied by their partner in crime - the cocky older sibling - who'll wedge their scooter right in front of the doors and treat the place like their personal climbing frame.