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:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

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:
425230

Northing:
563220

Grid Reference:
NZ425230563220

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