Tyne and Wear HER(4374): Gateshead, Greenesfield, Darlington Junction Railway Station
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Description
"Greenesfield Station was built by George Hudson's Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway Company close to their incline, which linked to Carlisle (HER 3447). They had gained parliamentary powers to build a station and a "high-level" bridge across the Tyne (see HER 4132). The station was completed by June 1844 to a design by architect George Townsend Andrews of York. It was designed to impress - the principal range of buildings was 108m long with an Ionic colonnaded façade to the north. At the east end was a two-storied hotel. The platform was paved with slabs of York stone and was accessed via a high arched doorway west of the hotel. This opened into a train shed...." -
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Further information
Link: https://twsitelines.info/SMR/4374
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Added by: Peter Smith
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