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Description: | The passenger railway came to Blaydon in the 1830s. Blaydon station opened in 1835 to service the line from Blaydon to Hexham. The line was later continued to Red Heugh and later over the River Tyne to Newcastle. One of the original stipulations of the act to allow the line to be built was that no engine should be erected or steam seen within 1000 yards of Stella Hall. The average speed of trains when the line first opened was around 15 miles per hour. Blaydon has had a number of stations, the first being a wooden construction. The later Victorian stone station was replaced in 1911-12 after complaints from the local health board. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.asaplive.com/Lco/Lco.cfm?ccs=629&cs=2674&Preview=1 | Publisher: | Gateshead Council | Subjects: | Railway Stations | Temporal: | name=Edwardian; start=1901; end=1910; | Source: | iSee Gateshead | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/detail.php?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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