Ryhope looking to Durham with a footbridge at the former station. Over the now missing roadbridge the trackbed has been converted into a footpath and in the foreground some ballast remains on an unconverted stretch. Behind the camera the line ran north to Ryhope Grange Junction. The line closed in 1991 having latterly served Hetton Colliery (Hawthorn) with a complicated trip; Sunderland South Dock - Hawthorn (load) - Tyne Central Coal Terminal at Tyne Dock (unload, run round) - Ryhope (reverse) - Sunderland South Dock.

Location: Ryhope (former)

Original line: Durham and Sunderland Railway

Photographer: Ewan Crawford

Contact photographer: Ewan Crawford

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Date: 20/03/2004

Image number: 25031

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