Team Valley Railway

HER Number:
12965

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Team Valley Railway

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE NZ25NE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Railway

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
The Team Valley Railway was proposed as an alternative route to Gateshead from Darlington. The York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway were given authorisation for construction in 1848. The proposed route was from Gateshead to Newton Hall and then to the old main line at Belmont Junction. The downfall of George Hudson in 1849 postponed the work. Powers were revived in 1862 by the North England Railway. The line opened in 1857. The line now forms part of the East Coast Main Line.

Easting:
2523

Northing:
6322

Grid Reference:
NZ25236322

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
K. Hoole, 1974, The North East in A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain, Vol 4, pages 165-6; NMR 1375901