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The line opened | The Great North of England Railway was a line between York and Gateshead. It was opened between York and Darlington on January 4th 1841. The remainder of the project was very much modified and became simply a line from Darlington to Rainton on the [[Durham Junction Railway]], with a branch to Durham. It was built by a new company - The [[Newcastle and Darlington Railway]] - and opened on June 18th 1844, on which day a train left Euston at 5am, and, travelling via Rugby, Derby, Normanton and York, passed on to the new line at Darlington, thence over the Pontop and South Shields - formerly the Stanhope and Tyne- to Brockley Whins and over the curve there on to the Brandling Junction and so to Gateshead. The distance was 303 miles and it was covered in 6 hours, 45 minutes, or at an average speed of 45 miles per hour.<ref>The Engineer 1924/10/31</ref> | ||
In 1846 it was transferred to the [[Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway]] | |||
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Revision as of 10:30, 24 February 2015
The Great North of England Railway was a line between York and Gateshead. It was opened between York and Darlington on January 4th 1841. The remainder of the project was very much modified and became simply a line from Darlington to Rainton on the Durham Junction Railway, with a branch to Durham. It was built by a new company - The Newcastle and Darlington Railway - and opened on June 18th 1844, on which day a train left Euston at 5am, and, travelling via Rugby, Derby, Normanton and York, passed on to the new line at Darlington, thence over the Pontop and South Shields - formerly the Stanhope and Tyne- to Brockley Whins and over the curve there on to the Brandling Junction and so to Gateshead. The distance was 303 miles and it was covered in 6 hours, 45 minutes, or at an average speed of 45 miles per hour.[1]
In 1846 it was transferred to the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1924/10/31
- Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies by Christopher Awdry. Published 1990