Tyne Yard
Tyne Yard is a railway yard in Birtley, England, on the East Coast Main Line, operated by DB Cargo UK. The yard is the major freight yard of the North East, with the majority of rail freight movements in Tyne and Wear from around Great Britain passing through the yard.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Angel of the North and Ravensworth Castle.
Angel of the North
Work of art
The Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture by Antony Gormley, located in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. Completed in 1998, it is seen by an estimated 33 million people every year due to its proximity to the A1 and A167 roads and the East Coast Main Line. Angel of the North is situated 2,000 feet east of Tyne Yard.
Ravensworth Castle
Ruins
Photo: john tollitt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ravensworth Castle is a ruinous Grade II* listed building and a scheduled monument situated at Lamesley, Tyne and Wear, England. The building has been destroyed and rebuilt a number of times, and was the seat of the Ravensworth barons, the Liddells. Ravensworth Castle is situated 2 miles northwest of Tyne Yard.
Bowes Railway
Museum
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Bowes Railway, built by George Stephenson in 1826, is the world's only operational preserved standard gauge cable railway system. It was built to transport coal from pits in Durham to boats on the River Tyne. Bowes Railway is situated 2 miles northeast of Tyne Yard.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lamesley and Kibblesworth.
Lamesley
Village
Photo: Stephen Daglish, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lamesley is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 3,742.
Kibblesworth
Village
Photo: Peter Standing, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kibblesworth is a village 2 miles west of Birtley, Tyne and Wear, England. Kibblesworth was a mainly rural community until the development of the pit and brickworks and the resulting increase in population.
Wrekenton
Suburb
Photo: Donald Brydon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wrekenton is a residential area in Gateshead, located around 3.5 miles from Newcastle upon Tyne, 11 miles from Sunderland, and 14 miles from Durham. In 2011, Census data for the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council ward of High Fell recorded a total population of 6,110.
Tyne Yard
- Type: Railway
- Description: railway freight yard in Tyne and Wear, England
- Categories: rail yard and transportation
- Location: Lamesley, Gateshead, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.91344° or 54° 54′ 48″ northLongitude
-1.59908° or 1° 35′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C6WWC72+99OpenStreetMap ID
way 513623552OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=railwayWikidata ID
Q7860500
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In Other Languages
“Tyne Yard” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “泰恩编组场”
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