• The North Sunderland Railway was a railway line in Northumberland, England. It was opened in 1898, and ran from Chathill to Seahouses, with an intermediate...
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    Sunderland (/ˈsʌndərlənd/ ) is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is a port at the mouth of the River Wear on the North Sea, approximately 10 miles...
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  • North Sunderland railway station was a brick built station on the single track branch of the North Sunderland Railway, in north east England. The line...
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    Sunderland is a railway and metro station in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the Durham Coast Line, which runs between Middlesbrough and...
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    this day. Between 1898 and 1951, Seahouses was the north-eastern terminus of the North Sunderland Railway. Independent until its final closure, it formed...
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    George Hudson (redirect from Railway King)
    merging of railway companies (the Midland Railway) and developing his home city of York into a major railway junction. He also represented Sunderland in the...
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    the former Brandling Junction Railway to a new central station in Sunderland. The former Newcastle & North Shields Railway line, together with later extensions...
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    south-western terminus of the North Sunderland Railway, which ran between Chathill and the fishing village of Seahouses. The railway operated independently,...
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    primarily hosts Sunderland A.F.C. home matches. The stadium was named by chairman Bob Murray to reflect the coal mining heritage of the North East and the...
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    1886–90 Sunderland Town Hall was built in Fawcett Street, just to the east of the railway station, to a design by Brightwen Binyon. Sunderland's shipbuilding...
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  • the history of Sunderland, the ancient city in North East England. Facts and figures, important dates in Sunderland's history. Sunderland was famous for...
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    Railway Company'. Following multiple applications for track access rights, it launched its operations on the East Coast Main Line between Sunderland and...
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  • Western Railway London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) North Eastern Railway (NER) 1,757+3⁄4 miles (2,829 km) North British Railway (NBR) 1,378 miles (2,218 km)...
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    Seahouses railway station was the brick and wood built eastern terminus of the single track branch of the North Sunderland Railway, in north east England...
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    Monkwearmouth Railway Bridge (officially Monkwearmouth Bridge, also called Wearmouth Railway Bridge or Sunderland Railway Bridge) is a railway bridge built...
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    a railway station in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom. It is located on the East Coast Main Line, around 268 miles (432 km) north of...
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  • The East Coast Main Line is a major trunk railway in the United Kingdom, linking London with Edinburgh. A detailed diagram of the line is housed on this...
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    Sunderland lustreware is a type of lustreware pottery made, mostly in the early 19th century, in several potteries around Sunderland, England. According...
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  • Sunderland Albion Football Club was an English association football club based in Sunderland, England, formed in 1888. The club played in the Football...
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    The North Eastern Railway (NER) was an English railway company. It was incorporated in 1854 by the combination of several existing railway companies. Later...
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  • This list is for railway lines across Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which are now abandoned, closed, dismantled or disused. Within the United Kingdom...
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    the North Eastern Railway. It became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the North Eastern...
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    Northampton, Pelham, South Hadley, Sunderland, Westfield, and West Springfield. Throughout its history the railway system shaped the cultural institutions...
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  • famous or notable people born in, or associated with, Sunderland or the wider City of Sunderland in North East England. Debbie Arnold (1955–), actor Griselda...
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    Durham Coast Line (category Railway lines in North East England)
    of Sunderland station and Pelaw Junction (just east of Pelaw Metro station). The line developed from several small competing independent railway companies...
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    completed by November 1870. The North British Railway and the branch line became part of the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923. In September 1952 passenger...
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  • by the railway, and its population subsequently dropped). Sunderland's name is thought to come from Charles Spencer, the third Earl of Sunderland in England...
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    Railway; Listowel and Ballybunion Railway; London and North Western Railway; Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway; Loughrea and Attymon Light Railway;...
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    Cockermouth, Keswick, Bothel and Aspatria. The nearest railway station is Aspatria railway station. Sunderland is within the Copeland UK Parliamentary constituency...
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    North Wylam railway station served the village of Wylam, Northumberland, England from 1876 to 1968 on the Tyne Valley Line. The station opened on 13 May...
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