Tynemouth & Newcastle Railway
Tynemouth & Newcastle Railway
HER Number
1086
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Tynemouth & Newcastle Railway
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Railway Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Railway
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
The Blyth & Tyne Railway, named Newcastle, Tynemouth & Newcastle Railway on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey Map. It included Benton Station (HER ref. 1085, Forest Hall Station (HER ref. 1119) and Backworth Station (HER ref. 1146). It was connected to Seatonburn Wagonway by a spur (HER ref. 1131). Its Eastern terminus was at the junction with the Blyth & Tyne, Avenue Branch (HER ref. 1049); its southern junction was Newbridge Terminus (HER ref. 4135). The line was formally opened from Monkseaton to Newcastle in 1864.
Easting
435980
Northing
568790
Grid Reference
NZ435980568790
Sources
<< HER 1086 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 80
C.E. Lee, 1949, Tyneside Tramroads of Northumberland 1947-9, Transactions of the Newcomen Society, p.220
C.E. Lee, 1949, Tyneside Tramroads of Northumberland 1947-9, Transactions of the Newcomen Society, p.220