Percy Main

Location type

Station

Names and dates

Percy Main
Percy Main

Opened on the Newcastle and North Shields Railway.


Nearby stations
Percy Main [B and T]
Percy Main [NTSR]
Meadow Well
Howdon
Willington Quay
North Shields [1st]
Tyne Commission Quay
North Shields
Museum [NTSR]
South Shields [1st]
South Shields [2nd]
High Shields [2nd]
High Shields [1st]
Point Pleasant
Jarrow
Percy Main North Junction
Percy Main Shed
Northumberland Dock
Murton Row Junction
Edward Dock [Tyne]
Tourist/other
Seatonburn Staiths
North Eastern Railway Staiths [Northumberland Dock] [West]
Seaton Delaval Staiths
Cramlington Staith
Cramlington Staiths
North Eastern Railway Staiths [Northumberland Dock] [West]
East Holywell Staith
Northumberland Dock Quay
Tyne Commissioners Staiths
Tyne Commissioners Staiths
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Chronology Dates

01/06/1840Seghill Railway
Line opened from Percy Main to Seghill Colliery. Built by the colliery owners as their own route to replace the Cramlington Waggonway.

News items

08/05/2014Newcastle and North Shields Railway set to celebrate 175th anniversary [Chronicle]

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The North-east v. 4 (A regional history of the railways of Great Britain)

Newcastle (Rail Centres)

Newcastle Railways (View from the Past)

North Eastern Electrics: The History of the Tyneside Electric Passenger Services, 1904-67

The Railways of Northumberland and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1828-1998