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Tyne marshalling yard was part of the 1955 modernisation plan by British Railways, and was opened up to traffic in 1963. [1] Part of the southern end of the yard was built on the former Lamesley railway station. [2] The yard is 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Newcastle upon Tyne railway station, [3] between Team Valley and the town of Birtley. It is ...
Gateshead (/ ˈ ɡ eɪ t s (h) ɛ d /) is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England.It is on the River Tyne's southern bank. The town's attractions include the twenty metre tall Angel of the North sculpture on the town's southern outskirts, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art.
For local government purposes Tyne and Wear comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, North Tyneside and South Tyneside. The borough councils collaborate through the North East Combined Authority , which also includes Durham County Council and Northumberland County Council .
The town of Gateshead was an ancient borough, having been granted a charter in 1164 from Hugh Pudsey, the Bishop of Durham. [5] The borough's functions were relatively limited until 1836, when it was made a municipal borough under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, which standardised how most boroughs operated across the country.
Name Location Type Completed [note 1] Date designated Grid ref. [note 2] Geo-coordinates Entry number [note 3] Image; 1, 2 and 3 and Attached Ramps Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne ...
Tyneside is a built-up area across the banks of the River Tyne in Northern England.Residents of the area are commonly referred to as Geordies.The whole area is surrounded by the North East Green Belt.
The railway's location (centre), on the north bank the River Tyne. As the early coal seams of the Northumberland Coalfield near the River Tyne were exhausted, waggonways were laid to serve pits sunk further north. Coal would be unloaded into colliers (coal transport ships) via staithes. The first wagonways used wooden waggons on wooden rails ...
The Tyne Bridge Tower was a tower block that stood at the foot of the Tyne Bridge on the Gateshead side of the River Tyne, near the medieval St Mary's Church and the Sage Centre. It was constructed in the 1960s. [1] The 13-floor building was used by the Inland Revenue until June 2005, after which it stood empty until its demolition in March ...
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