South Shields railway station

The town had been rail-served by some years prior to this; the Stanhope and Tyne Railway had opened their route from Washington back in 1834, whilst the Brandling Junction Railway followed with a branch from five years later. However, both these companies (and the S&T's successor the Pontop and South Shields Railway) had though been purely concerned with mineral traffic and passenger provision was limited. The new route was built to carry passengers from the outset as well as coal & iron ore to/from Tyne Dock and had regular services to both via and to , these running via the old BJR route via Tyne Dock and . The train shed was covered by an overall cast iron roof of two spans partially…