NER, Newton Garths Branch
NER, Newton Garths Branch
HER Number
2313
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
NER, Newton Garths Branch
Place
Newton Garths
Map Sheet
NZ36SW
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
Documentary Evidence
Description
North Eastern Railway, Newton Garths Branch. This connected the North Eastern Railway, Pontop and South Shields Branch (HER ref. 2290) with the North Eastern Railway, Sunderland Branch (HER ref. 2289). This was originally the Brandling Junction Railway, Newton Garths goods branch (opened in 1839). It allowed coal from West Durham to reach Sunderland North Dock.
Easting
435880
Northing
562400
Grid Reference
NZ435880562400
Sources
<< HER 2313 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7
N.T. Sinclair, & I.S. Carr, 1990, Railways of South Shields, p.6
N.T. Sinclair, & I.S. Carr, 1990, Railways of South Shields, p.6