Tyne and Wear Metro, West Jesmond

  • Description

    "This section was originally opened by the Blyth and Tyne Railway on 27 June 1864 as part of its extension from Holywell to Newcastle New Bridge Street. In the distance are the platforms of West Jesmond station - opened by the North Eastern railway on 1 December 1900. The line was closed 23 January 1978 for conversion to Metro and re-opened 11 August 1980." Photo by Anthony Foster, 2013, and licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons Licence.
  • Owner

    Geograph.org.uk
  • Source

    Geograph (Geograph)
  • License

    What does this mean? Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0)
  • Further information

    Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4369860
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 8 years, 7 months ago
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