RAILSCOT | Newcastle East Junction

Newcastle East Junction: A Metro-Cammell DMU photographed leaving the east end bays at Newcastle Central in 1972 on a North Tyne loop service. The former NER parcels depot stands in Westgate Road on the right. See image 9463
John Alexander //1972

Newcastle East Junction

Location type

Junction

Name and dates

Newcastle East Junction (1848-)

Opened on the Newcastle and Berwick Railway.

Description

This junction is directly east of Newcastle Central station. It is the junction between the old main line to the south and the main line north to Berwick-upon-Tweed and Edinburgh Waverley. The keep of Newcastle Castle is located in the 'V' of the junction.

Both lines meeting here were opened by the Newcastle and Berwick Railway, the line from the south approaching from Gateshead over the High Level Bridge.

The junction is famous for the sheer number of lines which crossed here, today it is much simplified.

Local

The junction is overlooked by the keep of Newcastle Castle .

Tags

Junction
12/01/2021

Nearby stations Newcastle Central [Metro] Newcastle Central Newcastle [Forth] Manors Gateshead West Monument Gateshead Newcastle Carliol Square Manors North Greenesfield Oakwellgate Manors [Metro] New Bridge Street St James Redheugh	High Level Bridge Forth Bank Works [Stephensons] Forth Bank Works [Hawthorns] High Level Bridge Junction Queen Elizabeth II Bridge Newcastle West Junction Newcastle Quayside Goods Newcastle Cattle Market Gateshead MPD Gateshead (Greenfield) Shed Forth Banks Viaduct Forth Banks Goods Tourist/other Newcastle Castle Swing Bridge [River Tyne] Newcastle Infirmary
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.