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Rail Academy: Opened in 2014, Newcastle College Rail Academy (located in Gateshead) was built to address skills shortage in the rail industry, developed in conjunction with the National Skills Academy for Railway Engineering (NSAR) and employers such as Network Rail. The £5 million site has on-site overhead lines, switching, crossings ...
The station was opened by the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway on 18 June 1844. [1] The Team Valley Line from Gateshead to Durham via Chester-le-Street opened to passengers on 1 December 1868, and on that day, a second pair of platforms at Gateshead opened to serve that line; these were known as Gateshead West , and the original pair ...
The King Edward VII Bridge is a railway bridge spanning the River Tyne between Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, in North East England. It is a Grade II listed structure. [1] The King Edward VII bridge has been described as “Britain’s last great railway bridge”. [2]
Gateshead: Northern Tyne Valley Line 2 350,376 335,088 4 Heworth: Heworth: Gateshead Northern Durham Coast Line 2 20,784 21,064 5 Blaydon: Blaydon-on-Tyne: Gateshead Northern Tyne Valley Line 2 15,128 14,116 6 Dunston: Dunston: Gateshead Northern Tyne Valley Line 2 10,618 12,966 7 Manors: Eastern Newcastle upon Tyne City of Newcastle upon Tyne ...
MetroCentre is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between Newcastle and Carlisle via Hexham. The station, situated 3 miles 39 chains (3.49 mi; 5.61 km) west of Newcastle, serves Metrocentre, Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
The High Level Bridge in 2010. The High Level Bridge is a road and railway bridge spanning the River Tyne between Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead in North East England.It was built by the Hawks family [2] from 5,050 tons of iron.
The Tyne and Wear Metro is a light rail network linking South Tyneside and Sunderland with Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Newcastle Airport. The network opened in stages from 11 August 1980, and now serves 60 stations and 48 miles (77 km) of track.
A 1911 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing railways around Newcastle and Gateshead, including Low Fell (bottom right) The station was closed by British Railways on 7 April 1952, [1] but the line remains open as part of the East Coast Main Line.