Date: 08/05/2014

A steam train display will mark the 175th anniversary of the Metro line - amongst the oldest in the world.
Next month marks 175 years since the opening of a line which still forms part of the modern day Tyne and Wear Metro system - the Newcastle and North Shields Railway.
And to celebrate the occasion on June 1, the Stephenson Railway Museum is due to run special steam trains from platforms at Percy Main as well as from the main museum, linking in with Metro services.

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Families will roll back the years with a special event to celebrate the 175th anniversary of Tyneside railways

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The 1890 NER station at North Shields on 6 August 1980, just 5 days before the station was closed for refurbishment and electrification in connection with the Metro project. The new North Shields was reopened as part of the Tyne & Wear PTE Metro system on 14 November 1982. See image [[2271]]
Location: North Shields
Company: Newcastle and North Shields Railway
06/08/1980 Colin Alexander

Refurbished and re-liveried T&W Metro set 4075 calls at North Shields on 12 June.
Location: North Shields
Company: Newcastle and North Shields Railway
12/06/2013 Veronica Clibbery

The former Newcastle & North Shields Railway terminus at Tynemouth seen from the west in July 1981, showing the part of the trackbed and the old hotel building on the right. There was also a connecting branch that ran from here down to the pier.
Location: Tynemouth
Company: Newcastle and North Shields Railway
25/07/1981 Colin Alexander

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