Location :
Cumbria
Carlisle, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne
Northumberland
Upper Denton, Nether Denton, Prudhoe, Brampton, Thirlwall, Wylam, Stocksfield, Broomhaugh and Riding, Sandhoe, Hexham, Corbridge, Warden, Newbrough, Haydon, Bardon Mill, Melkridge, Wetheral, Henshaw, Greenhead, Haltwhistle, Hayton, Featherstone
Non Civil Parish
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| Summary : The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway was the first major East - West railway built across England. Opened in 1835-9, at first, there was no authorisation to use locomotives on the railway until 3 months after the opening. A short branch fromBrampton Junction to Brampton was also built to connect with the Earl of Carlisle's mineral line. The original eastern terminus was at Redheugh on the South bank of the Tyne with transport across the river by barge. A temporary terminus was established near Shot Tower in Newcastle in 1839 at the end of a branch from Blaydon which closed in 1967. The cutting at Cowran in Hayton parish (NY507569) is an early example of a deep cutting, being 700 feet long, 110 feet deep at most, with stone retaining walls 14 feet high. |