Newcastle And North Shields Railway
The Newcastle & North Shields Railway was opened in June 1839 from a station in Carliol Square in Newcastle upon Tyne to North Shields. It was later extended to Newcastle Central to the west and to Tynemouth in the East, initially at its own station but later to a through station linking with the Blyth & Tyne Railway. It was later absorbed by the North Eastern Railway and the route was electrified in 1904 as part of the Tyneside Electrics programme.
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