Mile End Road, Railway Station
Mile End Road, Railway Station
HER Number
2366
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Mile End Road, Railway Station
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Railway Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Railway Station
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Description
The original northern terminus of the Brandling Junction Railway, this station and a short stretch of line (HER ref. 2564) was abandoned in 1842 when the line was extended to the north (HER ref. 2288).
Easting
435730
Northing
566340
Grid Reference
NZ435730566340
Sources
<< HER 2366 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4
N.T. Sinclair, & I.S. Carr, 1990, Railways of South Shields, p.6-7
N.T. Sinclair, & I.S. Carr, 1990, Railways of South Shields, p.6-7