Newcastle Branch (Blyth and Tyne Railway)

Introduction

This branch brought the Blyth and Tyne Railway to Newcastle, to its own station at New Bridge Street north of the city centre and close to Manors station.






Dates

11/12/2005Newcastle Branch (Blyth and Tyne Railway)
Northumberland Park station opened by the Tyne and Wear Metro.

Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.


Monkseaton to Newcastle















Tyne & Wear Metro unit 4007 to St. James arriving at Benton on 13th June 2018. The first of the new Class 555 replacements arrived on the system ...
David Bosher 13/06/2018
A South Shields train calls at Benton on 26 March 2019. Would you just look at the finials on that shelter. ...
David Panton 26/03/2019
Extract from the Scottish Region passenger timetable effective 3 May 1976 (price 45p) when there was still a stopping service, of sorts, to Newcastle. ...
David Panton 03/05/1976
Metro train at Benton station on the Tyne & Wear Metro heading towards St James on 11 February. ...
Brad Payne 11/02/2008
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Tyne & Wear Metro unit No.4059 to South Shields, arriving at South Gosforth, on 13th June 2018. ...
David Bosher 13/06/2018
A northbound green line train (left) and a southbound yellow line pass at South Gosforth on 26 March 2019. The lines meet just to the north of here ...
David Panton 26/03/2019
Tyne and Wear Metro upgrades. The ventilation arrangements at South Gosforth depot have been greatly improved by demolition works (notice the missing ...
Ken Strachan 11/04/2022
A Tyne & Wear Metro unit slows for the South Gosforth stop on its way to South Shields via the city centre in 1991. The network control centre is ...
Mark Bartlett 15/03/1991
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A quick check reveals that there are several streets called Ilford Road in England, though none of them are near ‘the’ Ilford in Essex. ...
David Panton 26/03/2019
There are four trains in this view looking North after Ilford Road station (IIRC) - the one we are riding in, one stopped at South Gosforth station ...
Ken Strachan 26/07/2021
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A southbound green line train calls at West Jesmond on 26 March 2019. Note the original station building. ...
David Panton 26/03/2019
Metro service for St James at West Jesmond on 28 September. ...
Bill Roberton 28/09/2008
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A tamper heads north from Jesmond Junction on 28 September. The Metro line to Newcastle city centre bears right with the Manors spur, used for empty ...
Bill Roberton 28/09/2008
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Now bypassed by the underground station of the Tyne & Wear Metro, the old surface route through Jesmond is retained for empty stock movements. The ...
John Yellowlees 19/11/2016
Now bypassed by the underground station of the Tyne & Wear Metro, the old surface route through Jesmond is retained for empty stock movements. The ...
John Yellowlees 19/11/2016
A restaurant car at Jesmond (old) station on 28 September 2008. The former Blyth & Tyne station, once part of the North Tyneside loop, was ...
Bill Roberton 28/09/2008
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Earsdon Curve



An EE Type 3 heads south towards the Tyne in 1971 with a coal train, probably from Burradon exchange sidings. The train is about to pass Earsdon ...
John Furnevel 19/10/1971
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