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Bowes Railway: Springwell: City of Sunderland: Railway: Preserved operational standard gauge cable railway system built to transport coal to boats, built by George Stephenson in 1826 Castle Keep: Newcastle upon Tyne: Newcastle upon Tyne: Historic house: Keep and remains of the medieval castle Centre for Life: Newcastle upon Tyne: Newcastle upon ...
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 ...
Newcastle: Newcastle upon Tyne: City of Newcastle upon Tyne: London North Eastern Railway: East Coast Main Line, Durham Coast Line, and Tyne Valley Line: 12 8,426,644 8,756,828 2 Sunderland: Sunderland: City of Sunderland: Northern: Durham Coast Line 2 (+2 Metro platforms) 483,836 447,702 3 MetroCentre: intu Metrocentre: Gateshead: Northern ...
A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment. They may also operate historic equipment on museum grounds.
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.
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”.
The North Tyneside Steam Railway and Stephenson Steam Railway are visitor attractions in North Shields, North East England. The museum and railway workshops share a building on Middle Engine Lane adjacent to the Silverlink Retail Park. The railway is a standard gauge line, running south for 2 miles (3.2 km) from the museum to Percy Main. The ...
The Tyne and Wear Metro is an overground and underground light rail rapid transit system [4] [5] [6] serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, and the City of Sunderland (together forming Tyne and Wear). The owners Nexus have described it as "Britain’s first light rapid transit system". [7]