00:01Tributes have been paid to Professor Tony Ridley, the Sunderland-born engineer behind the Tynanway
00:06Metro, who has died aged 92. He sadly passed away in March. He led the passenger transport executive
00:13from 1968 to 1975, helping design the system and overseeing construction from 1974. Nexus says his
00:20leadership was crucial to the project's success. Managing director Cathy Massarella says he
00:28transformed public transport across the Northeast. Professor Ridley later led Metro Systems in Hong
00:34Kong and London. Colleagues have praised his energy and lasting influence on transport networks in the
00:40United Kingdom and beyond.
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