Newcastle & Darlington Historic Railway Architecture Tour Day 1 - 12th September 2025

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Victoria Tunnel.<br>[&copy; Adam Turner 2025]	The first railway themed 'Likely Lads' location	T&W Metro Byker Viaduct.<br>[&copy; Adam Turner 2025]	Trafalgar Street Bridge.<br>[&copy; Adam Turner 2025]	The first 'Get Carter' rail related location.	The former entrance façade for Manors station (which once had nine platforms).<br>[&copy; Adam Turner 2025]	The former Newcastle Central clock face.<br>[&copy; Adam Turner 2025]
River God Tyne; Newcastle Central station façade.<br>[&copy; Adam Turner 2025]	The Stephenson Monument.<br>[© Adam Turner 2025]	Royal Station Hotel grand staircase.<br>[© Adam Turner 2025]	The roof of Newcastle Central from the Royal Station Hotel.<br>[&copy; Adam Turner 2025]	A spot of lunch in Newcastle Keep.<br>[&copy; Adam Turner 2025]	An Azuma leaving Newcastle Central northbound towards Edinburgh.<br>[&copy; Adam Turner 2025]	How it used to be, with Tyneside third rail suburban EMUs in the bay platforms (right) too. (12 Jun 1954.) https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2355758<br>[&copy; Ben Brooksbank 1954]
Said to have been taken after ''simplification in 1904 by the removal of the connections from the High Level Bridge to P1, 2 (right hand north end Down bays) and the Carriage Dock. The 1893 to 1909 Newcastle No1 box can be seen on the right".(Thanks to Adam Turner.)	A Class 156 DMU departs Newcastle over the High Level Bridge.<br>[&copy; Adam Turner 2025]	DB Cargo Class 66 66200 in Rail 200 livery on an intermodal service heading towards Newcastle.<br>[© Adam Turner 2025]	The pill box slit opposite the Newcastle side of High Level Bridge.<br>[&copy; Adam Turner 2025]	The next 'Get Carter' rail related location, the chase sequence..<br>	High Level Bridge with strengthening hangers and rods to take the weight of trams on the road and nowadays, buses.<br>[© Adam Turner 2025]	From the site of Gateshead West station. A DMU on the arches where Gateshead East station was - the entrance was near the right end of these arches.<br>[© Adam Turner 2025]
High Level Bridge from river level.<br>[© Adam Turner 2025]	Tiled in white, Forth Street Underbridge on the East Coast Main Line, beneath Newcastle East Jn<br>[© Adam Turner 2025]	Newcastle station Northern offices from the high level walkway.<br>[&copy; Adam Turner 2025]	The Centurion Bar pilasters, coved ceiling, and (in an 1893 refurbishment) Burmantofts faience tiles.<br>[&copy; Adam Turner 2025]	The Centurion Bar pilasters, coved ceiling, and (in an 1893 refurbishment) Burmantofts faience tiles.<br>[&copy; Adam Turner 2025]	The former Jesmond station (CP 23 Feb 1978 for Metro conversion).<br>[&copy; Adam Turner 2025]	Indian restaurant carriage at the former Jesmond station.<br>[&copy; Adam Turner 2025]
A T&W Metro ECS flashes past (this line is not used by passenger services).<br>[&copy; Adam Turner 2025]