West Monkseaton station
Introduction
The photograph on this page of West Monkseaton station by Dr Neil Clifton as part of the Geograph project.
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West Monkseaton station
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton Taken: 30 May 1979
In May 1979 the writing was already on the wall for British Railways diesel trains on this line, for the electric wires for the Metro trains that would replace them were already in place. This photograph shows a 3-car diesel about to depart for the Coast.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.040573
Longitude
-1.476072