Tanfield Branch

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Standard
Commencement
Redheugh Bank Foot
Termination
Tanfield Moor Colliery
Zero Point
NER Abbreviation
Ta Br
NER Line Name
Tanfield Branch
NER Line Number
N127 

Line Diagram

Mileage   No.   Details
000ch
Tanfield Branch Junction
Previously branch had run from High Street Jn via Redheugh Incline
018ch
Redheugh Gas Works
020ch
Gateshead Corp Manure Siding
022ch 1
Team Street
030ch 2
Gas Pipes
033ch
Redheugh Sheet Iron & Steel Works
045ch
Davidson's Glass Works
048ch
Gate Box
048ch
Ropery Road Crossing
051ch
Redheugh Brick Works
051ch
Davidson's Glass Works
051ch
Coal Depot
052ch
Dixon Corbett & Newell Rope Works
053ch
Norwood Colliery
054ch 3
River Team
054ch
Dixon Corbett & Newell Rope Works
059ch
Allerdene & Teams Colliery Line Siding
062ch
Teams Crossing
062ch
Teams Crossing Gate Cabin
062ch
Team Colliery Wagonway Crossing
066ch 4
Dunston Staithes Lines
067ch
Dunston Forge, Emerson Walker & Thompson Siding
067ch 4A
Norwood Junction To Dunston East Loop Line
068ch 5
Gateshead, Norwood And Blaydon Branch
071ch
Occupation Crossing
031ch
Footbridge
035ch
Lobley Hill Brake Cabin
143ch
Lobley Hill Crossing
144ch
Lobley Hill Signal Box
151ch
Lobley Hill Coal Depot & Siding
166ch
Occupation Crossing
166ch
Watergate Colliery
Colliery closed 20.08.1964
209ch
Bakers Bank Foot Switch Cabin
213ch 6
Culvert
219ch
Tubway Bridge
220ch
Occupation Crossing
229ch 6A
Footbridge
244ch 6B
Under Bridge No 7
244ch 7
Fugar Bar Bridge
Fugar Bar
268ch 8
Occupation Road
307ch
Bankers Bank Head Crossing
307ch
Gate Box
312ch
Bakers Bank Head Brake Cabin
322ch
Foot Crossing
338ch
Sunniside Crossing Gate Cabin
339ch
Sunniside Crossing
354ch
Occupation Crossing
366ch
Marley Hill Colliery
Colliery closed 13.08.1970
370ch
Bowes Bridge Ground Frame
370ch
Bowes Bridge Brakesman's Cabin
372ch
Bowes Bridge Engine Shed
422ch
Pontop & Jarrow Crossing Signal Box
422ch
Pontop & Jarrow Railway Crossing
424ch 9
Public Road
442ch 10
Culvert
442ch
Bowes Bridge Siding
Also marked as Manure siding
446ch
Foot Crossing
460ch
Foot Crossing
475ch
Causey Gate Ground Frame
476ch
Level Crossing
504ch 11
Occupation Road
506ch 12
Occupation Road
512ch 13
Culvert
518ch
Occupation Crossing
523ch
Causey Curve Tip Siding
523ch
Ground Frame
576ch
Foot Crossing
601ch 14
Causey Burn
601ch
East Tanfield Colliery
610ch 15
Waggonway Bridge
614ch
Goods Dock
618ch
Tanfield Lea Level Crossing Signal Box
618ch
Tanfield Lea Crossing
619ch
Tanfield Lane Depot
631ch
Margaret Pit Siding
645ch
Tanfield Lea Colliery
Colliery closed 24.08.1962
653ch
Tanfield Moor Bank Foot Signal Box
659ch
Occupation Crossing
659ch 15A
Footbridge
659ch
Occupation Crossing
673ch
Occupation Crossing
706ch 16
A6077 Road
738ch 17
Tantobie Bridge
754ch
Foot Crossing
757ch 18
Underline Bridge
759ch
White-le-Head Brake Cabin
Tanfield Moor
761ch
Tanfield Moor Colliery
Colliery closed 1947
763ch
White-le-Head Siding
774ch
Curtailment of Tanfield Railway; Line continued to junction with line from Annfield Plain Junction see 253, but no Engineer's Line Diagram traced

Sources used:

  • North East Lines and Stations, S. Bragg, NERA. Line Reference: Vg.