The Tyneside Electrics were the suburban railways on Tyneside that the North Eastern Railway and the London and North Eastern Railway electrified using the third rail system. The North Tyneside Loop was electrified from 1904 onwards and formed one of the earliest suburban electric networks; the South Tyneside line to South Shields via Pelaw was electrified in March 1938. British Railways converted these lines to diesel operation in the 1960s: the line to South Shields in January 1963 and the North Tyneside lines in June 1967 when the electrical supply infrastructure and the rolling stock had become life expired. In addition, the system was losing passengers and suffering from costly vandalism. Since the late 1970s, much of the system has been converted to form the Tyne and Wear Metro.
A 1920-built South Tyneside NER electric unit at Newcastle Central station in 1938.
Preserved 1904 NER electric Motor Parcel Van No. 3267 in the Stephenson Railway Museum
A 1937 LNER unit at Newcastle Central in 1950.
British Rail 2–EPB train at Newcastle Central in 1960.
North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom)
The North Eastern Railway (NER) was an English railway company. It was incorporated in 1854 by the combination of several existing railway companies. Later, it was amalgamated with other railways to form the London and North Eastern Railway at the Grouping in 1923. Its main line survives to the present day as part of the East Coast Main Line between London and Edinburgh.
North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom)
The North Eastern Railway headquarters in York designed by Horace Field and completed in 1906. Now The Grand hotel
Brompton station on the Leeds Northern line in 1961
Beal Station in 1965