N.E.R, Newton Garths Branch

HER Number:
2313

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
N.E.R, Newton Garths Branch

Place:
Newton Garths

Map Sheet:
NZ36SW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Railway

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
North Eastern Railway, Newton Garths Branch. This connected the North Eastern Railway, Pontop and South Shields Branch (HER ref. 2290) with the North Eastern Railway, Sunderland Branch (HER ref. 2289). This was originally the Brandling Junction Railway, Newton Garths goods branch (opened in 1839). It allowed coal from West Durham to reach Sunderland North Dock.

Easting:
3588

Northing:
6240

Grid Reference:
NZ35886240

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2313 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7 N.T. Sinclair, & I.S. Carr, 1990, Railways of South Shields, p.6