Londonderry, Seaham and Sunderland Railway

HER Number:
2894

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Londonderry, Seaham and Sunderland Railway

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW NZ45SW

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 Londonderry, Seaham and Sunderland Railway was opened in 1852 by the Marquis of Londonderry as the Seaham and Sunderland Railway. Designed for locomotives, it was a public railway carrying passengers and freight and remained independent until taken over in 1900 by the North Eastern Railway. It had stations at Hendon (HER ref. 2894) and Ryhope (HER ref. 2957), and left Tyne and Wear where it crosses the Ryhope Dean Viaduct (HER ref. 2959). At Hendon Beach (NZ 4105 5520) the line recently survived as a cutting to the south and a line of compacted coal waste in the north.

Easting:
4099

Northing:
5714

Grid Reference:
NZ40995714

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2894 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8 N.T. Sinclair in Milburn & Miller, (eds) 1988, Sunderland, River, Town & People, Sunderland's Railways, p.26,27