Date: 26/07/2013

The discovery of a wooden railway more than 200 years old on the banks of the Tyne has been hailed as a find of international importance. The 25-metre stretch of waggonway from the end of the 18th Century is the earliest surviving example of the standard gauge railway. [From Richard Buckby]

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200-year-old railway discovered along banks of River Tyne

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Archaeologists digging on the site of the former Neptune shipyard in Walker, Newcastle have discovered a 200-year-old wooden railway