N.E.R, Newcastle,Tynemouth and Newcastle (East)

HER Number:
2155

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
N.E.R, Newcastle,Tynemouth and Newcastle (East)

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ37SE NZ36NE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Railway

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The North Eastern Railway, Newcastle, Tynemouth and Newcastle branch, opened in 1887. At its southern end it used part of the old Blyth and Tyne Railway (HER ref. 1049). This was part of the reorganisation of the railway, when taken over by the North Eastern Railway, and was completed in 1882. Initially it formed a loop with the parallel line (HER ref. 1049) until the older line was abandoned, except for a short stretch giving access to the old Blyth & Tyne Railway Station (HER ref. 2050) which was used as a depot.

Easting:
3488

Northing:
7203

Grid Reference:
NZ34887203

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2155 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, NE I.M. Ayris, & S.M. Linsley,1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p.11