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North Tyneside Loop Legend
Tynemouth 
Whitley Bay Cullercoats North Shields Monkseaton West Monkseaton Percy Main 
Riverside loop 
Howdon 
Willington Quay Point Pleasant 
Former Blyth and Tyne Railway line to Percy Main 
Backworth Carville Wallsend Walker St Anthonys Walkergate 
Benton Junction on East Coast Main Line Benton St Peters 
Heaton Junction on East Coast Main Line Heaton Byker 
Riverside loop Longbenton 
South Gosforth 
Gosforth Car Sheds West Jesmond Jesmond Manors 
Line to South Shields 
High Level Bridge over the River Tyne 
Newcastle Central The North Tyneside Loop refers to the railway lines in North Tyneside from Newcastle upon Tyne via Wallsend, North Shields, Whitley Bay, Backworth, Benton and South Gosforth back to Newcastle. It emerged as two competing railways were built from Newcastle to Tynemouth, the Newcastle and North Shields Railway (via Wallsend and North Shields) and the Blyth and Tyne Railway (via Benton and Whitley Bay). Initially both had separate stations at both Newcastle and Tynemouth, but later both were extended to start at Newcastle Central Station and to connect at a new through station in Tynemouth, thus allowing a through service.
The line was electrified (as the Tyneside Electrics) by the North Eastern Railway in 1904 to fight competition from the newly built electric tramways, but de-electrified in 1967. In the late 1970s it was converted to form the Tyne and Wear Metro, which opened in stages beginning in 1980. Both lines were diverted underground on the approach to Newcastle, so that the line via Wallsend no longer serves Central Station; both lines now cross at a new station at Monument.
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