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    East Boldon is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the villages of Cleadon and East Boldon, South Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the...
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    The Boldons is an area made up of the three villages of East Boldon, West Boldon and Boldon Colliery in South Tyneside in the county of Tyne and Wear...
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    Brockley Whins is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the suburbs of Boldon Colliery and Brockley Whins, South Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It...
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    Karlsruhe model. Between Pelaw and Sunderland, intermediate stations at Brockley Whins, East Boldon and Seaburn were re-built, with a further three being purpose-built...
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    village is close to the East Boldon Metro station. It is also served by the bus operators Go North East and Stagecoach North East. Don Revie, footballer...
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    the Metro station site. Named Boldon Colliery, 1925–1991. The old station buildings were demolished in the late 1970s and replaced by the Metro Control...
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    Pelaw to South Hylton. The station was opened by the London and North Eastern Railway on 3 May 1937. As well as East Boldon, Brockley Whins and Heworth...
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    south of Pelaw. Existing stations at Brockley Whins, East Boldon and Seaburn were converted for use by the Tyne and Wear Metro, and are no longer served...
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    these running via the old BJR route via Tyne Dock and East Boldon. The 1923 Grouping saw the station pass from the NER into the control of the London and...
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    4083 at East Boldon". "Tyne & Wear Metro Rapid Transit System, United Kingdom - Railway Technology". Hunt, Michael (26 October 2022). "Metro Gradient...
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    The Bridges (section Metro)
    minutes on foot; and are on the metro's green line. Services on the line serve areas in the north of the city (Seaburn & Boldon), Gateshead & Newcastle. Connections...
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    Shields along with the municipal borough of Jarrow and the urban districts of Boldon and Hebburn from County Durham. Part of the Tyneside conurbation, the sixth...
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    Sunderland to South Shields line between Tyne Dock, Brockley Whins and East Boldon would create a direct rail service between South Shields and Sunderland[citation...
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    Durham Coast Line (category Railway lines in North East England)
    long-closed Monkwearmouth station. Existing rail stations at Brockley Whins, East Boldon and Seaburn were converted for Metro services. The project also...
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    Heworth Interchange consists of a National Rail, Tyne and Wear Metro and bus station. It is located in the suburb of Heworth, Gateshead in Tyne and Wear...
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    The Tyne and Wear Metro and mainline trains still pass through the station without stopping, but the Metro calls at St. Peter's station a few hundred yards...
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    East Boldon). No railway lines enter Whitburn and so the area is not directly served by the Tyne and Wear Metro. The nearest Metro stations are East Boldon...
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    Wear Metro did not use that section of line which included Heaton railway station and the station became redundant when the Metro was built. Metro train...
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    the museum into a premier North East railway tourist attraction, with period buildings, a link to Percy Main Metro station, and all year round opening. In...
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    station on the route between the two cities. Former rail stations at Seaburn, East Boldon and Brockley Whins (as well as new purpose-built stations at...
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  • the S&TR at an oblique angle at Boldon Lane (the later site of Tyne Dock station) and at Brockley Whins near Boldon, where there was a square flat crossing...
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  • were two portions to the station on different routes; at times they were known as Gateshead East and Gateshead West. The station was opened by the Newcastle...
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    Sunderland, appearing as guest speaker at graduation ceremonies. She lived in East Boldon, Sunderland. In 1998, Robertson was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of...
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  • The Kent & East Sussex Railway has hosted a variety of heritage rolling stock since the line was closed by British Railways in 1961. Wikimedia Commons...
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    Nels Pierson (R). In the Minnesota Senate, Rochester is represented by Liz Boldon (DFL) and Carla Nelson, (R). Rochester is located in Minnesota's 1st congressional...
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    opened on the Durham Junction Railway at Fencehouses and Penshaw, and at Boldon on the Pontop and South Shields. For three months, until the new curve opened...
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    closing to passengers three days later. The station was, in part, replaced by Hadrian Road on the Tyne and Wear Metro network, which opened on 14 November 1982...
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  • Recommended reinstatement of Boldon East curve Hare Park Jn – South Kirkby Jn (Freight RUS Gap A) Passed to Y&H RUS Separation of east–west coal traffic to...
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    Northumberland Park on the Tyne & Wear Metro, located a short distance to the south east of the original station site. It is around a twenty-minute walk...
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    Ponteland Railway (category Closed railway lines in North East England)
    Gosforth and Bank Foot, as part of the Tyne and Wear Metro network. This saw the construction of four stations at Regent Centre, Wansbeck Road, Fawdon and Bank...
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