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The Leamside Line - " Will it ever be used again? "
The Leamside Line & Surrounding Area
Roads, Railways, Waggonways, Coal Mines etc. etc.
A Combination of Very Old & Reasonably Modern Structures / Locations
MAP COLOUR GUIDE
BLACK: Today's Metro Lines - BLACK DOTS: Colliery Waggonways / Railways - BLUE: Tyne, Wear & other Waterways
GREEN: Redundant Local Railways - RED: Old Existing Roads - GREY: Modern Roads
Note The Burn, passing Usworth Hall & Waterloo before travelling under the Bridge on The Leamside Line, en route to The River Don.
Back upstream, The Burn passed along Don Gardens and was often mistakenly referred to as the River Don.
The Burn is, in fact, a Tributary of the River Don.
The Leamside Line
How it fitted into the Local Railway Network - 1948
The Leamside Line
Photo Gallery
PELAW JUNCTION - March 2012
The Main Line from Newcastle to Sunderland.
The Leamside Line branches right to Washington passing Wardley, Follingsby and Usworth Collieries en route.
The Tyne &Wear Metro continues to Sunderland and also crosses over the Main Line to South Shields.
[ Thanks to Photographer, Jonathon Hurley. ]
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PELAW JUNCTION to PENSHAW STATION
Pelaw Junction - 1970
Collieries & Railways
The White Mare Pool
Follingsby Colliery
Follingsby Colliery
Follingsby Lane
Bridge Over The Burn
Map - Usworth Colliery
Pit Heap to Station
Usworth Station
Usworth Station - 1966
Usworth Trainspotters
Usworth Station
Usworth Station - 1958
Crossing Marble Arch
Under Marble Arch
Bridges - Station Road
Washington Station
Washington Station
Durham Miners' Gala
Washington Station
Last Passenger Train
The Long Footbridge
Washington South
Leaving Washington
Approaching Viaduct
Victoria Viaduct
Victoria Viaduct
Leaving Viaduct
To Penshaw Junction
Map - Penshaw Junction
Coxgreen Station
Coxgreen Station
Penshaw North
From Penshaw Station
Penshaw Station Bridge
Penshaw Station Bridge
Penshaw Station Bridge
Penshaw Station
Sir Nigel Gresley
Penshaw Station
Penshaw Station
Map - Penshaw Station
Penshaw To Leamside
1st Class Ticket
3rd Class Ticket
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Two Railway Routes from Victoria Bridge to Gateshead
1st (Existing Route, 1844) via Boldon Colliery (Red) - 2nd (Shorter Route, 1850) via Usworth Colliery (Green)
( Robert Stephenson's High Level Bridge to Newcastle Upon Tyne wasn't completed until 1849. )
OS MAP, 1885-1900
YELLOW: Tyne Dock to Consett via Biddick Crossing.
RED: Original Main Line, Darlington to Gateshead via Leamside.
GREEN: Washington Railway Station to Pelaw Junction via Usworth Station.
BLUE: Gateshead to Sunderland via Brockley Whins.
ORANGE: Durham to Sunderland via Leamside.
A Brief History of The Leamside Line through Usworth / Washington
[ Both Brief History Articles written by Stuart Laundy ]
THE LEAMSIDE LINE
Running North from Durham, via Penshaw, Washington & Usworth, The Leamside Line was part of the Original Railway from Newcastle to London.