Blyth and Tyne Railway Terminus

HER Number

5117

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Blyth and Tyne Railway Terminus

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Railway Station

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The Blyth and Tyne was extending its system, and in 1860-1 opened a branch from Hartley to a terminus of its own on the north side of the main Tynemouth Road, some 500 metres to the west of the earlier site (HER 1200 the Oxford Street Terminus of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway). This site was suceeded in 1864 by a temporary site a little way to the north-east of its predecessor (HER 5118).

Easting

436500

Northing

569100

Grid Reference

NZ436500569100

Sources

<< HER 5117 >> D. Heslop, 2002, Tynemouth, Extensive Urban Survey