Tyne and Wear HER(2289): Brandling Junction Railway, Sunderland Branch (later NER) - Details
2289
S Tyneside
Brandling Junction Railway, Sunderland Branch (later NER)
Sunderland
NZ36SW NZ26SE
Transport
Railway Transport Site
Railway
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
The North Eastern Railway, Sunderland Branch was originally the Brandling Junction Railway from Gateshead to Monkwearmouth, opened in 1839. Its southern terminus was Monkwearmouth Station (HER ref. 2751). The 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan shows an electric telegraph running alongside the line.
2966
6215
NZ29666215
<< HER 2289 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3
N.T. Sinclair, & I.S. Carr, 1990, Railways of South Shields, p.6; W.W. Tomlinson, 1914, The North Eastern Railway - Its Rise and Development, p 327