Newcastle and Darlington Railway

This line is still partly open, and partly mothballed. It is open between Newcastle and Pelaw, and between Tursdale Junction (to the north of Ferryhill) and Darlington. It is mothballed between Tursdale Junction and Pelaw but is being re-instated to ease the traffic on the Durham route to Gateshead.
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Clickable map of the Newcastle and Darlington Railway.
Looking south at Ferryhill.
Looking south at Ferryhill.

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This line runs between Newcastle (originally it ran to Gateshead before the Newcastle High Level bridge was opened) and Darlington. It incorporates parts of the Stanhope and Tyne Railway (at Washington), the Durham Junction Railway (between Washington and near Leamside) and the Clarence Railway (at Ferryhill). Today the main line though Durham is used in preference to the Ferryhill to Pelaw section, that part being mothballed but undergoing re-instatement to relieve the Durham route.

Page created on 14/03/2000
Page last edited on 22/10/2004
E-mails to : Ewan Crawford