Harton Electric Railway was built by the Harton Coal Company to transport coal from their collieries in South Tyneside. The railway was electrified in 1908, and originally employed a fleet of electric locomotives built by Siemens (probably related to there being German shareholders in Harton Coal Company at that time). The network included a line which ran from Westoe Colliery via St Hilda's Colliery, to the company's Low Staiths on the River Tyne (near the site of todays ferry landing) in South Shields. There was also a line from Harton Colliery up to Westoe Colliery, and also a line from Boldon Colliery to the High Staiths, by the River Tyne in South Shields.
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