Newcastle & Carlisle Railway

26/03/1825 Newcastle-on-Tyne and Carlisle Railroad Company formed.
22/05/1829 Parlimentry Bill receives Royal Assent.
1830 Construction began at Carlisle and Blaydon.
23/06/1832 Act of Parliment allowing borrowing of �100,000 obtained.
1834 Horse hauled good's traffic began between Blaydon and Hexham.
11/1834 Decided that steam locomotives required for line.
03/1835 First steam locomotives delivered.
09/03/1835 Passenger service began between Blaydon and Hexham
28/03/1835 - 06/05/1835 services on line suspended as a result of objections to the use of steam locomotives. However, objectors relented in the face of public outcry.
17/06/1835 Act of Parliament passed authorising locomotive haulage.
28/06/1836 Hexham to Haydon Bridge opened.
19/06/1836 Carlisle to Blenkinsopp (Greenhead) opened.
01/03/1837 Blaydon to Askew's Quay, Redheugh opened
18/06/1838 Line officially opened with completion of Haydon Bridge to Blenkinsopp section.
21/05/1839 Line opens to Shot Tower with the completion of Scotswood Bridge.
1847 Line extended to Forth Banks.
01/01/1851 Line extended to Central Station. Forth closed to passenger traffic becoming a major good's station.
17/07/1862 NCR amalgamates with the North Eastern Railway
10/1876 Opening of North Wylam Branch provided an alternative route for N&CR trains.
04/12/1982 Passenger services diverted via Dunston Branch from Newcastle Central to Blaydon.

Northumbrian Railways