Tyne and Wear HER(2285): Brockley Whins, Brockley Whins Station - Details
2285
S Tyneside
Brockley Whins, Brockley Whins Station
Brockley Whins
NZ36SW
Transport
Railway Transport Site
Railway Station
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
The station was at the junction of the North Eastern Railway, South Shields and Sunderland Branches, with an unnamed spur, (HER numbers 2288, 2289 and 2296 respectively). A passenger service was in existence on this section of the Stanhope and Tyne Railway by 1844. Later the station was renamed Boldon Colliery.
3451
6286
NZ34516286
<< HER 2285 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3