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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 ...
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.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; GPX (all coordinates) ... Swing Bridge over River Tyne: Gateshead: Gate: 1868-76: 30 July 2004
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.
Gateshead TMD was a railway traction maintenance depot situated in Gateshead, England.The depot code was 52A during the steam era and GD later on.. It was known, along with the adjacent locomotive works, as Greenesfield or Greensfield, after a Mr. Greene, from whom the North Eastern Railway (NER) bought the land [citation needed].
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]
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 .
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