Metro System

HER Number

9774

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Metro System

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Railway

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Rapid-transit electric system. The Tyneside Metropolitan Railway Act received Royal Assent in 1973.

Easting

424813

Northing

564834

Grid Reference

NZ424813564834

Sources

N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, pages 453-4; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 38