Tyne Dock/Jarrow Docks Station

Jarrow Docks Station on the North Eastern Railway's South Shields Branch (HER ref. 2288). This station was opened c.1854 to serve the new Jarrow (later Tyne) Dock. On the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan it is shown expanded and had been renamed Tyne Dock Station. The original station was built by the Brandling Junction Railway Company; it was rebuilt in the 1880s by the North Eastern Railway. Remnants of the station entrance and railway bridges over Hudson Street and Boldon lane are on the Local List. LOCAL LIST