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Sunderland Railway Station
Sunderland is a railway station on the Durham Coast Line, which runs between Newcastle and Middlesbrough via Hartlepool. The station, situated south-east of Newcastle, serves the port city of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. Since 31 March 2002, the station has also been served by the Tyne and Wear Metro. History Earlier stations Opening in 1836, the first railway passenger services to Sunderland were provided by the Durham and Sunderland Railway Company, initially linking the then port town with Haswell and Hetton-le-Hole. Approaching from the south along the coast, the terminus, known as ''Town Moor'' was located near South Dock. The Durham and Sunderland Railway Company slowly extended their route towards the intended terminus in Durham – though the eventual terminus, which opened in 1839, was located outside the city at . The line reached Durham in July 1893, when the North Eastern Railway opened the ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunderland
Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on the River Wear's mouth to the North Sea. The river also flows through Durham, England, Durham roughly south-west of Sunderland City Centre. It is the only other city in the county and the second largest settlement in the North East England, North East after Newcastle upon Tyne. Locals from the city are sometimes known as Mackems. The term originated as recently as the early 1980s; its use and acceptance by residents, particularly among the older generations, is not universal. At one time, ships built on the Wear were called "Jamies", in contrast with those Tyneside, from the Tyne, which were known as "Geordies", although in the case of "Jamie" it is not known whether this was ever extended to people. There were three original settlements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port City
A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Hamburg, Manchester and Duluth; these access the sea via rivers or canals. Because of their roles as ports of entry for immigrants as well as soldiers in wartime, many port cities have experienced dramatic multi-ethnic and multicultural changes throughout their histories. Ports are extremely important to the global economy; 70% of global merchandise trade by value passes through a port. For this reason, ports are also often densely populated settlements that provide the labor for processing and handling goods and related services for the ports. Today by far the greatest growth in port development is in Asia, the continent with some of the world's largest and busiest ports, such as Singapore and the Chinese ports of Shanghai and Ningbo-Zhou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Francis Charles Curtis
Frederick Francis Charles Curtis FRIBA (9 August 1903 – 16 June 1975) was the first chief architect for British Railways from 1948. Career Curtis was born on 9th August, 1903, at Frankfurt-on-Main. His father, Francis Curtis, was a lecturer in English at the Technische Universität Darmstadt, and from 1922 to 1927, Frederick Francis Curtis studied there. He then worked as an assistant and lecturer at the same institution until 1933. With the ascent of the National Socialist Party in 1933, he left Germany and moved to Britain where he worked with Charles Holden on the Southern Railway until 1936. He was a lecturer in the Liverpool School of Architecture from 1936 – 1946 and during the Second World War served in the Railway Engineers at General Headquarters, India Command. He is mentioned in The Black Book by the National Socialists and had the invasion of Britain been successful, he would have been arrested. He was appointed an architect to the Great Western Railway comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunderland Station In 1965
Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the historic county of Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on the River Wear's mouth to the North Sea. The river also flows through Durham roughly south-west of Sunderland City Centre. It is the only other city in the county and the second largest settlement in the North East England, North East after Newcastle upon Tyne. Locals from the city are sometimes known as Mackems. The term originated as recently as the early 1980s; its use and acceptance by residents, particularly among the older generations, is not universal. At one time, ships built on the Wear were called "Jamies", in contrast with those Tyneside, from the Tyne, which were known as "Geordies", although in the case of "Jamie" it is not known whether this was ever extended to people. There were three original settlements by the River's mouth which are part of the modern-day city: Mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Peachey
William Peachey (1826 – 2 March 1912) was a British architect known for his work for the North Eastern Railway. History He was born in 1826, baptised at St Mary's Church, Cheltenham on 13 September. His parents were William Peachey, carpenter, and Emma. On 8 September 1849, he married Harriet Moss in Salem Baptist Chapel in Cheltenham and in 1854 the couple moved to Darlington. He found employment with the Stockton and Darlington Railway. This was merged with the North Eastern Railway in 1863. He was appointed ARIBA on 16 December 1867, and FRIBA on 2 May 1870. He was the Architect to the Darlington section of the North Eastern Railway until 1877. He died on 2 March 1912. Works Saltburn Water Tower, owpleatham St on Lune Street Corner 1860 demolished 1905- Pease Bricks - bricks used to face a terrace of 8 houses onsite and adjacent land - called Water Tower Terrace which became Upleatham St. *Saltburn railway station 1861-62 *Zetland Mews, Saltburn 1861 *Zetland Hot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Wear
The River Wear (, ) in North East England rises in the Pennines and flows eastwards, mostly through County Durham to the North Sea in the City of Sunderland. At long, it is one of the region's longest rivers, wends in a steep valley through the cathedral city of Durham and gives its name to Weardale in its upper reach and Wearside by its mouth. Etymology The origin behind the hydronym ''Wear'' is uncertain but is generally understood to be Celtic. The ''River Vedra'' on the Roman Map of Britain may very well be the River Wear. The name may be derived from Brittonic ''*wejr'' (<''*wẹ:drā''), which meant "a bend" (c.f ''-gwair-''). An alternative but very problematic etymology might involve ''*wẹ:d-r-'', from a lengthened form of the |
Sunderland (Fawcett Street) Railway Station
Fawcett Street railway station served the city of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear Tyne and Wear () is a metropolitan county in North East England, situated around the mouths of the rivers Tyne and Wear. It was created in 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972, along with five metropolitan boroughs of Gateshead, Newcastl ..., England from 1853 to 1879 on the Penshaw branch line. History The station opened on 1 June 1853 by the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway. It was situated opposite of Mowbray Extension Park. It was the Eastern terminus of the branch line, closing on 4 August 1879 after being replaced by the current station. The site of the station was replaced by housing. References Disused railway stations in Tyne and Wear Former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1853 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1879 1853 establishments in England 1879 disestablishments in England Transport in the City o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
York, Newcastle And Berwick Railway
The York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway (YN&BR) was an English railway company formed in 1847 by the amalgamation of the York and Newcastle Railway and the Newcastle and Berwick Railway. Both companies were part of the group of business interests controlled by George Hudson, the so-called ''Railway King''. In collaboration with the York and North Midland Railway and other lines he controlled, he planned that the YN&BR would form the major part of a continuous railway between London and Edinburgh. At this stage the London terminal was Euston Square (nowadays called Euston) and the route was through Normanton. This was the genesis of the East Coast Main Line, but much remained to be done before the present-day route was formed, and the London terminus was altered to King's Cross. The YN&BR completed the plans of its predecessors, including building a central passenger station in Newcastle, the High Level Bridge across the River Tyne, and the viaduct across the River Tweed, that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marquess Of Londonderry
Marquess of Londonderry, of the County of County Londonderry, Londonderry ( ), is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. History The title was created in 1816 for Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry, Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Londonderry. He had earlier represented County Down in the Irish House of Commons. Stewart had already been created Baron Londonderry in 1789, Viscount Castlereagh, of Castlereagh (County Down barony), Castlereagh in the County of Down, in 1795 and Earl of Londonderry, of the County of Londonderry, in 1796. These titles are also in the Peerage of Ireland. He was the son of Alexander Stewart (1699–1781), Alexander Stewart, who had married Mary Cowan, sister and heiress of Robert Cowan (governor), Robert Cowan, who gained great wealth as Governor of Bombay from 1729 to 1737. Alexander was from Ballylawn, a townland at the south-west corner of Inishowen in the north of County Donegal, a Counties of Ireland, county located in the west of Ulster in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle & Darlington Junction Railway
The York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway (YN&BR) was an English railway company formed in 1847 by the amalgamation of the York and Newcastle Railway and the Newcastle and Berwick Railway. Both companies were part of the group of business interests controlled by George Hudson, the so-called ''Railway King''. In collaboration with the York and North Midland Railway and other lines he controlled, he planned that the YN&BR would form the major part of a continuous railway between London and Edinburgh. At this stage the London terminal was Euston Square (nowadays called Euston) and the route was through Normanton. This was the genesis of the East Coast Main Line, but much remained to be done before the present-day route was formed, and the London terminus was altered to King's Cross. The YN&BR completed the plans of its predecessors, including building a central passenger station in Newcastle, the High Level Bridge across the River Tyne, and the viaduct across the River Tweed, that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hetton Railway Station
Hetton railway station served the town of Hetton-le-Hole, Tyne and Wear, England, from 1837 to 1963 on the Durham and Sunderland Railway. History The station opened on 6 November 1837 on the Durham and Sunderland Railway The York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway (YN&BR) was an English railway company formed in 1847 by the amalgamation of the York and Newcastle Railway and the Newcastle and Berwick Railway. Both companies were part of the group of business interest .... It was situated on the west side of Station Road. It closed to passengers on 5 January 1953 and closed to goods on 11 November 1963. It is now a cycle path that runs between Barrow-in-Furness and Sunderland. References External links Disused railway stations in Tyne and Wear Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1837 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1963 1837 establishments in England 1963 disestablishments in England {{NorthEastEngland-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haswell Railway Station
Haswell railway station served the village of Haswell, County Durham Haswell is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated east of the city of Durham, south of the city of Sunderland and north-west of the town of Peterlee. Haswell was the birthplace of world champion road racing cyclist Tom Simpson, ..., England, from 1837 to 1952 on the Hartlepool Dock and Railway. History First station Coordinates: The station opened in April 1837, although it opened to goods earlier on 23 November 1835, by the Hartlepool Dock and Railway Company. It was also used by passengers earlier, but only used on Sundays. It closed in 1858 and was resited. Second station Coordinates: The second site of the station opened in 1858. It had a station building on the northbound platform and a signal box immediately to the north. It closed to passengers on 9 June 1952. Nothing remains. References External links Disused railway stations in County Durham Railway stati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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