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Tyne Tunnel toll increases by 20p for some vehicles from next month

There is no increase for cars at this time and motorbikes, service buses, ambulances and fire vehicles continue to use the tunnels toll-free.

Chronicle Live · Mar 25, 2022

Hampshire woman 300 miles away from Tyne Tunnel hit with 'multiple' fines despite never driving through it

Susan Woodhead was left with anxiety and nausea after receiving multiple fines despite never passing through the Tyne Tunnel in her life

Chronicle Live · Mar 22, 2022

Lancashire pensioner wrongly sent Tyne Tunnel fine despite never making a trip through it

Shirley Holman was shocked to learn that she had been sent an Unpaid Toll Charge Notice by the Tyne Tunnel - despite being in Lancashire at the time

Chronicle Live · Mar 17, 2022

Tyne Tunnel deny issue with new app as Hadrian Park couple face up to £300 in fines

A new app was introduced alongside changes to the way drivers pay the tunnel toll

Chronicle Live · Feb 16, 2022

More than 250 jobs to be created in £12.5m expansion of North East trading estate

UK Land Estates has submitted an application to transform a five hectare site at the Tyne Tunnel Trading Estate

Birmingham Post · Jan 31, 2022

Tyne Tunnel campaigner demands more action after 11,000 fines cancelled in two months

The Tyne Tunnel has come under scrutiny from many drivers since switching to a cashless system in November

Chronicle Live · Jan 28, 2022

Tyne Tunnel cancels 11,000 fines since switching to controversial cashless payment system

The new 'cashless' system makes drivers pay online rather than at the toll booths - a move which has angered many drivers

Chronicle Live · Jan 27, 2022

Tyne Tunnel campaigner slams proposed 'arbitrary' hardship fund - demanding more from executives regarding hefty fines

Local campaigner Gary Spedding has demanded more from executives at TT2 Limited, following the announcement of a hardship fund which would aim to assist those who can't afford to pay their fines

Chronicle Live · Jan 24, 2022

Hardship fund set up to help cash strapped motorists pay fines from Tyne Tunnel

The crossing made the switch to a cashless ‘free flow’ model last November but bosses have been blasted over a 'fiasco' over fines

Chronicle Live · Jan 21, 2022

South Tyneside drug dealing couple who had almost two kilos of cannabis at home walk free

Graeme Charlton, of Jarrow and Sarah Bowman, of South Shields, were caught when police stopped their car near the Tyne Tunnel and could smell cannabis

Chronicle Live · Jan 18, 2022