Brandling Junction Railway, South Shields branch line
Brandling Junction Railway, South Shields branch line
HER Number
2564
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Brandling Junction Railway, South Shields branch line
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
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
Part of the original line of the Brandling Junction Railway, terminating at the station HER ref. 2366. The Brandling Junction Railway was completed in 1839 but this short section was abandoned in 1842 when the line was extended to a new station (HER ref. 2353), behind South Shields market place. The final form of that line is HER ref. 2288.
Easting
435730
Northing
566330
Grid Reference
NZ435730566330
Sources
<< HER 2564 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4
N.T. Sinclair, & I.S. Carr, 1990, Railways of South Shields, p.6-7
N.T. Sinclair, & I.S. Carr, 1990, Railways of South Shields, p.6-7