IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Fawdon Lane, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 2AA
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Fawdon Lane, NE3 2AA by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Notes
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Image Listing (14 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
1
Fawdon Metro station, Tyne and Wear
Car No 4035 is eastbound, about to cross the level crossing
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 15 Jul 1981
0.09 miles
2
Level crossing at Fawdon station, seen from eastbound Metro train
Image: © David Martin
Taken: 16 Feb 2014
0.09 miles
3
Fawdon Metro station looking east
The two platforms are off-set either side of the level crossing to ensure the trains go slowly as they set off across the road.
Image: © Chris Morgan
Taken: 15 Feb 2018
0.10 miles
4
Fawdon Metro station, Tyne and Wear
Passengers look on as works train, headed by a diesel locomotive, passes on the outside track at Fawdon
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 15 Jul 1981
0.10 miles
5
Fawdon Metro / Coxlodge railway station (site), Tyne & Wear
Opened in 1905 as 'Coxbench' by the North Eastern Railway on the line from Gosforth to Ponteland, this station closed to passengers in 1929. It was rebuilt and reopened as 'Fawdon' by the Tyne & Wear Metro in 1980, with the line now going to (Newcastle) Airport.
View east towards Wansbeck Road and Gosforth. Coxbench station had both platforms located on this side of the level crossing, Fawdon Metro station was opened with one on each side of the crossing.
Image: © Nigel Thompson
Taken: 23 Jan 2010
0.10 miles
6
Fawdon Metro station, Tyne and Wear Metro
When the Tyne and Wear Metro was opened in 1980, it was in itself an innovative scheme - the first modern light rail in Britain. But it was also planned to be just a part of a completely integrated public transport system for the whole of Tyne and Wear, which would provide through ticketing and seamless travel all over the County. However, the Thatcher government's doctrinaire insistence on privatisation completely scuppered this aspect of the Metro, and buses began to compete with Metro for cross-river traffic instead of providing the necessary co-ordinating services at interchange points. Nevertheless, the Metro has remained very popular, and traffic has again been increasing in recent years.
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 15 Jul 1981
0.11 miles
7
Metro train leaving Fawdon station heading east
Heading for South Hylton
Image: © Chris Morgan
Taken: 15 Feb 2018
0.12 miles
8
Level crossing at Fawdon, Tyne and Wear Metro
From the photograph, there do not seem to be any gates at this crossing. Whether this feature persists to the present is not known to me.
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 15 Jul 1981
0.13 miles
9
Factory storage tanks in Fawdon
This photograph depicts two storage tanks within a factory premises near Fawdon Metro station. The picture was taken from Platform 1 (for south-bound trains) looking in a westerly direction towards Kingston Park and the A1(T) road.
Image: © Philip Barker
Taken: 2 Jan 2010
0.13 miles
10
Ewart Court
Apartment block on Kingston Park Road. Pelican crossing in the foreground.
Image: © Oliver Dixon
Taken: 2 Sep 2019
0.17 miles