Former site of Newcastle Forth Railway Station
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Former site of Newcastle Forth Railway Station
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 15 Dec 2011
Situated just west of Central Station, off Neville Street, this was for a time the line and former platforms of the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway, a terminus for its Scotswood route on the north side of the Tyne. The old line running on a viaduct is now used for car parking Image It was the second temporary station (and possibly the third) on the line used for passengers between 1847 and 1851 http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/n/newcastle/index1.shtml In 1851, the N&CR entered Central Station proper, sharing facilities with the North East Railway with which it would eventually fully merge in 1862. Known as the Motorail Terminal, it is a Grade II Listed Building (List entry Number: 1326654) https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1326654 The former Goods Office of the NER is on the right, built in 1870 Image following the curve of the line Image
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Image Location
Latitude
54.968226
Longitude
-1.619156