• Wearmouth railway station served the area of Monkwearmouth, Tyne and Wear, England, from 1839 to 1848 on the Brandling Junction Railway. The station was...
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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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    The Brandling Junction Railway itself opened in stages from 1839, running from Gateshead to Wearmouth and South Shields. Wearmouth was regarded at the time...
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    to build a railway connecting their interests with quays at South Shields and Wearmouth, and in 1835 formed the Brandling Junction Railway. It opened...
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    Newcastle New Bridge Street was a railway station on the edge of the city-centre of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. The station was the original Newcastle terminus...
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  • Gateshead railway station served the town of Gateshead, England between 1844 and 1981. It was situated on the northern and western sides of the triangular...
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    from Wearmouth Bridge to the harbour mouth on the north side of the river and is one of the oldest parts of Sunderland. The former railway station, closed...
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    a railway station on the Riverside Branch, which ran between Byker and Willington Quay. The station served Wallsend in North Tyneside. The station was...
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    Monks Wearmouth Railway Act 1835 (5 & 6 Will. 4. c. lxxxiii) on 7 June to acquire land for a railway. It became the Brandling Junction Railway, which...
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    Scotswood railway station served Scotswood in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The railway station was located on the former route of the Newcastle and Carlisle...
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    Birtley railway station served the town of Birtley, Tyne and Wear, England, from 1868 to 1955 on the East Coast Main Line. The station opened on 1 December...
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    Bensham Railway Station was a railway station serving the Bensham area of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England. It opened in 1868 and closed in 1954. Butt...
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    Hudson's York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway built a passenger terminus, Monkwearmouth Station, just north of Wearmouth Bridge; and south of the river another...
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    Heaton railway station was a railway station in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, near the southern boundary of Heaton with Byker. The station was built in...
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    Monkwearmouth Railway Station is a former station that served Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, England, from 1848 to 1967. It was built in 1848 to a design...
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  • Thumbnail for Sunderland (Fawcett Street) railway station
    Fawcett Street railway station served the city of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England from 1853 to 1879 on the Penshaw branch line. The station opened on 1...
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    Backworth railway station served part of Newcastle in the English county of Northumberland, later part of Tyne and Wear. The station opened as Hotspur...
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    Fencehouses railway station served the village of Fencehouses, Tyne and Wear, England from 1841 to 1964 on the Leamside line. The station was opened in...
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  • St. Peters was a railway station on the Riverside Branch, which ran between Newcastle and Willington Quay. The station was opened to passengers on 1 May...
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    Washington railway station served the town of Washington, Tyne and Wear, England from 1835 to 1963, initially on the Stanhope & Tyne Railway and later...
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  • Havelock at Ford Hall in Bishopwearmouth. 1796 – Wearmouth Bridge opened. 1822 – Opening of the railway line from Hetton to Sunderland coal staithes, one...
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    the station having been demolished to make way for a dual-carriageway road. Greenodd is now also on the W2W Cycle Route between Walney and Wearmouth. Cumbria...
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    Hudson's York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway built a passenger terminus, Monkwearmouth Station, just north of Wearmouth Bridge; and south of the river another...
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  • Forest Hall railway station served the village of Forest Hall, Tyne and Wear, England from 1856 to 1958 on the East Coast Main Line. The station opened as...
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    Heffernan. Footscray footballer Dick Wearmouth. Collingwood footballer and four-time grand finalist Ronnie Wearmouth. Melbourne footballer Jordie McKenzie...
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  • Killingworth railway station served the town of Killingworth, Tyne and Wear, England from 1847 to 1965 on the East Coast Main Line. The station opened on...
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    Lamesley railway station served the village of Lamesley, Tyne and Wear, England from 1868 to 1959 on the East Coast Main Line. The station opened on 1...
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    Wallsend and Monk-Wearmouth Railway Act of 1886: "An Act to enable the West Wallsend Coal Company (Limited) and the Monk-Wearmouth Colliery Estate Company...
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  • Thumbnail for Penshaw railway station
    Penshaw railway station served the village of Penshaw, Tyne and Wear, England from 1840 to 1964 on the Leamside line. The first Penshaw station was opened...
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    Ryhope railway station was one of two railway stations to have served the village of Ryhope, Tyne & Wear. For much of its existence, it was served by...
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