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Brandling Junction Railway


The Brandling Junction Railway was established to connect Gateshead, South Shields, and Monkwearmouth by Robert William Brandling and John Brandling (brothers) as part of their coal mining ans shipping interests. The railway was initially run as a private venture in 1835, taking over the ancient Tanfield Railway (waggonway) of 1725. It was soon after incorporated by the Brandling Junction Railway Company Act 1836. The line soon supported passenger serices as well as mineral transport. George Hudson's Newcastle and Darlington Company (soon to be know as the  York and Newcastle Railway) took possession of the Brandling Junction in September 1844. Later mergers saw this become part of the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway in 1847 and then the North Eastern Railway in 1854.

Railway Monkwearmouth Station Museum Old Felling Station Brockley Whins Station
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003360:Proposed Brandling Junction Bridge Lambert 1840
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Monkwearmouth Station Museum
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Monkwearmouth Station Museum
- "The new railway station in North Bridge Street, Monkwearmouth was opened on 19 June 1848. It was the new Sunderland terminus for the Brandling Junction Railway, opened in 1839, that …
Brockley Whins Station
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Brockley Whins Station
- Overview About the Station Map Street View The original station at Brockley Whins was opened in 1839 by the Brandling Junction Railway. Between 1925 and 1991 it was know as …
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Railway arches, Abbots Road, Gateshead
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Old Felling Station
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Old Felling Station
- Overview Map Street View The original Felling Station (aka Brandling Station) was built by the Brandling Junction Railway, as short distance east of where Felling Metro Station now stands. Work …

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