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Fowberry Road, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE15 6XP

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.

Terraced houses on Whitfield Road in Scotswood seen from Fowberry Road.

Opened in 1839 by the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway on the line between those two places, this became a junction station in 1875 when the North Eastern Railway opened an additional line from here along the north bank of the Tyne. Both lines joined again at Prudhoe. This station closed in 1967. View west at the site of the southern platforms towards Blaydon, Prudhoe and Carlisle. The northern platforms for the line via North Wylam to Prudhoe and Carlisle were to the right and slightly behind the camera position. For more detail see http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/s/scotswood/index.shtml. N.B Scotswood wasn't shown in Bradshaw's railway guide until 1848 but newspaper evidence of 1839 opening (and fares) exists.

This neat row of terraces is situated on Whitfield Road between Parmontley Street and Shafto Street in Scotswood. There was once many more streets of terraces in this area.

Detail of the Ordnance Survey cut benchmark at the top of the steps leading down from Whitfield Road. The benchmark marks a height of 19.1628m above sea level (Ordnance Datum Newlyn) last verified in 1962 (location photograph Image).

The top of the steps leading down from Whitfield Road to Scotswood Station and the bridge under the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. Scotswood Station closed on the 1 May 1967 and was subsequently demolished. The Hadrian's Wall Path National Trail follows the course of the former railway. There is an Ordnance Survey cut benchmark near the end of the wall (photograph Image).

Taken from Whitfield Road, now cleared of houses for redevelopment, looking down on the cobbled lane shown on a 1950 plan as 'Scotswood Station Approach'. The bridge in the foreground takes the lane under the disused line of the Scotswood, Newburn & Wylam Railway just east of the tunnel Image There is a photo from the other side here Image Just beyond this bridge, the lane also passes under the disused line of the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway, on its former route to the Scotswood Railway Bridge. This line is now a cycleway. Both platforms of Scotswood Railway Station were once accessed by steps on its west side. Disused Stations - Scotswood: http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/s/scotswood/index7.shtml

This appears to be a relic of the railway era, with an old railway bridge crossing a roadway dropping steeply towards the Tyne. Seen from Hadrian's Way which carries both both Hadrian's Cycleway http://www.cycle-routes.org/HADRIANSCYCLEWAY/and Hadrian's Wall National Trail http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/hadrianswall/.