Disused railway tunnel, Scotswood
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Disused railway tunnel, Scotswood
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 8 Mar 2012
The railway line was built for the Scotswood, Newburn & Wylam Railway which linked with the existing Newcastle to Carlisle Railway (N&CR) at each end. The tunnel is just west of the former Scotswood Station where the N&CR line crossed the River Tyne prior to 1982 Image Construction of the line between Scotswood and Newburn was started in 1872 and completed in July 1875, with the extension to Wylam being opened as a single line in 1876 with a second track laid later the same year. The west end of the tunnel is just west of Denton Road.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.969684
Longitude
-1.689278