80-508: Ordsall Chord , also known as the Castlefield Curve , is a short railway line in Ordsall , Salford , England, which links Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Oxford Road to Manchester Victoria , designed to increase capacity and reduce journey times into and through Manchester. It allows trains to run from Leeds , Newcastle and Redcar Central direct to Manchester Airport . A chord
160-454: A feudal due or tax . Antiquarian and Geologist, Samuel Hibbert-Ware gave a different etymology for the name; ord is a Saxon word for "primeval" or "very old" and hal meaning "den" - hence the name Ordeshal could mean "very old den". His reasoning for this was the location in the area of the cave known as Woden's Den. Before the River Irwell was deepened to make it navigable there
240-436: A cost of around £150 million. The regeneration is very much community led and has already delivered a new £6.5 million primary school and children's centre. The school accommodates 315 pupils and also incorporates an 83 place children's centre providing education, health, social care and day care facilities for the local community. A dedicated street sweeper, designed by local children, cleans around Ordsall three times
320-515: A financial shock. At a time of more difficult trading and a tighter money market, Hudson's personal dealings were exposed as shady. The York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway had been formed by merger of the previous smaller companies, and the YN&;BR wished to reduce the financial commitment to the Central Station substantially; hotel accommodation and the covered carriage drive were eliminated. One of
400-587: A frequent service to Liverpool and Manchester , and CrossCountry provides services to the West Midlands and South West of England. The station is also on the Durham Coast Line which provides commuter connections to Gateshead , Sunderland , Hartlepool , Stockton , and Middlesbrough . Additionally, the station is served by the Tyne Valley Line to Hexham and Carlisle . Direct destinations from
480-609: A further £34 million of UK Government funding for the project in January 2021 enables the necessary land to be purchased, detailed designs to be prepared and some early preparatory and site works to begin. In January 2021, it was anticipated that the UK Government would fund the remainder of the project cost, estimated at £166 million as of January 2021, once the final phase of design works were completed. However, in April 2021, it
560-523: A half-hourly service to Edinburgh. One service is also provided each evening Monday - Friday from Newcastle to Sunderland . Rolling stock used: Class 800 , Class 801 Early-morning service, the Flying Scotsman is operated by LNER, it originates at Edinburgh Waverley, and terminates at London King's Cross. It calls at Newcastle only between these two stations, and arrives at London King's Cross at 09.40. As of 2024, no corresponding northbound service
640-613: A lack of capacity at Piccadilly, Oxford Road and Victoria to cope with increased 'through' services that the Chord generates. Chief Executive of Network Rail, Andrew Haines, remarked upon the inadequacies of the infrastructure to support the Ordsall Chord as part of a review in Network Rail's operations: "The Ordsall Chord is a classic example of a fantastic piece of infrastructure which has unlocked great new journey opportunities ... but where
720-469: A number of commuter and regional services : Rolling stock used: Class 156 and Class 158 diesel multiple units Open-access operator Lumo provides services northbound to Morpeth and Edinburgh Waverley, and southbound to Stevenage and London Kings Cross. Rolling stock used: Class 803 Proposals to reintroduce passenger rail services between Newcastle Central Station and the communities of south east Northumberland have been discussed since
800-646: A regeneration boom. Average house prices have risen over 100% in the past 5 years, with the area in the centre of key regeneration visions such as the Irwell City Park scheme. A study commissioned by insurers More Than, published in June 2007, revealed that Ordsall had become one of the United Kingdom's property hot spots, ranking 17th out of the 35 identified. The study rated areas by looking at homes occupied by young, affluent professionals. Ordsall Hall Ordsall Hall
880-499: A shortage of funding, the project was never started. By 1985 it had been abandoned. The proposal was included in a draft Network Rail report in 2005 as a solution to overcrowding in the region, at an expected cost of £44 million. In February 2010, the project was revived by Network Rail as part of the Manchester Hub Study, with the intention of receiving government funding by around 2014. On 23 March 2011 George Osborne ,
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#1733085623782960-423: A week in addition to the council services as a result of local concern over litter. Between 800 and 1,000 new homes for local families and first-time buyers will be delivered, a new community hub will cover the whole of Ordsall including Salford Quays ; improvements to Ordsall Park and plans for other play areas and small open spaces are also in the pipeline for 2008. The estate will be opened up to shoppers, with
1040-652: Is a Tudor mansion that was for over 300 years the home of the Radclyffe family . In more recent times it has been a working men's club and a school for clergy, the forerunner of the Manchester Theological College, amongst other uses. Like many old buildings, Ordsall Hall is said to be haunted, in particular by "the White Lady", who it is said threw herself off the balcony overlooking the Great Hall. An episode of
1120-488: Is anticipated that the main construction phase might begin as early as June 2022, enabling an opening date in 2024. The station currently has 11 operational platforms. The former Platform 12 was mainly used by CrossCountry services terminating at Newcastle. It was closed in May 2023 to allow track and signalling modifications which enabled longer trains to occupy the adjacent platform 11. Plans were revealed on 30 April 2013 for
1200-454: Is not something that Network Rail takes lightly, and we have explored many alternative solutions before reaching the conclusion that the connection would need to be removed to make way for the chord." The museum opposed the alignment, claiming that it would have "a damaging effect on SIM visitors, volunteers and income." Network Rail submitted the Transport and Works Act application to construct
1280-616: Is provided. Rolling stock used: Class 800, Class 801 CrossCountry operates services north into Scotland, supplementing London North Eastern Railway services, and southbound there are two trains per hour to the CrossCountry hub at Birmingham New Street , from where they extend towards the South West and South Coast. Rolling stock used: Class 220 , Class 221 Newcastle is a terminus for TransPennine Express services to and from Manchester and also sees services from Liverpool call at
1360-469: Is still on display. The early history of the locomotive is uncertain; it is probably a George Stephenson locomotive, and was probably built at Killingworth Colliery workshops around 1815–1820. In 1900 the North Eastern Railway started replacing the gas lighting in the station with electric arc equipment. Further use of electricity came from 1904 when several suburban lines were electrified using
1440-691: Is the primary national rail station serving Newcastle upon Tyne and is an interchange for local services provided by the Tyne and Wear Metro network whose Central Station is situated beneath the national rail station. It is the busiest station in Tyne & Wear, as well as the busiest in North East England . The main line serving the station is the East Coast Main Line from London to Edinburgh via Berwick and Newcastle . TransPennine Express maintains
1520-589: Is well-nigh veiled in the mists of antiquity, and it was only by diligent enquiry that Mr Holliday, the Station Master, was able to learn a little of her antecedents. That "she" was constructed as far back as 1824 – 1826 is however certain, and on that score alone she is entitled to an introduction to such of the readers of the Railway Magazine as have until now been unaware of her existence. For about fifty-five years (until 1879) she performed good service, first at
1600-511: The 2011 census was 14,194. It lies chiefly to the south of the A57 road , close to the River Irwell , the main boundary with the city of Manchester , Salford Quays and Manchester Ship Canal , which divides it from Stretford . Historically part of Lancashire , Ordsall was the birthplace of the bush roller chain and is home to Ordsall Hall . The name Ordsall has Old English origins being
1680-463: The Castlefield corridor through Manchester Oxford Road and Piccadilly. One option would reduce the use of the Ordsall Chord to one train each way every hour. 53°28′42″N 2°15′37″W / 53.47842°N 2.26033°W / 53.47842; -2.26033 Ordsall, Greater Manchester Ordsall is an inner city suburb of Salford , Greater Manchester , England. The population at
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#17330856237821760-600: The Chancellor of the Exchequer , announced £85 million funding for the scheme in the 2011 budget . The announcement was unexpected and was welcomed by the Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority . The Ordsall Chord provides a direct link between Piccadilly and Victoria stations, allowing trains from Manchester Victoria and the east to continue to Piccadilly. Following completion of
1840-533: The River Tyne . They agreed with George Hudson on a general station north of the Tyne, near the Spital. Instead of crossing the Tyne by a low level bridge and climbing to the Spital by a rope-worked incline, they would build an extension crossing at Scotswood and approaching on the north bank. They opened this line and a temporary station at Forth, and passenger trains started using that on 1 March 1847. Hudson, known as
1920-466: The Trafford Park area will be improved. The chord will preserve connectivity between the relocated east–west services and the city's main rail interchange at Manchester Piccadilly. It will improve access to Manchester Airport which cannot be reached easily from Victoria. Without the chord, such operations would require trains to be run to Salford Crescent and then reverse. Concern was raised about
2000-527: The third rail system, to form the Tyneside Electrics system, electric trains were introduced, using Central Station from 1 July 1904. The tracks on platforms 1 to 6 were equipped with electrified third rails, and platform 7 was later electrified to handle electric trains to South Shields . Another major development came on 1 October 1906 when the King Edward VII Bridge was opened, crossing
2080-565: The "Railway King" was concentrating on connecting his portfolio of railways so as to join Edinburgh with the English network. His Newcastle and Berwick Railway obtained its authorising Act of Parliament in 1845, but for the time being it was to use the Newcastle and North Shields Railway's station at Carliol Square. Building a crossing of the Tyne was obviously going to be a lengthy process, so that he gave
2160-446: The "Tynemouth Square". There was a separate booking hall for those local services. At this stage the roof covered seven and a half acres in area; there were fifteen platforms with a length of 3,000 yards (2,700 m). In 1901 an early steam locomotive was on display at the station: [The station] is further graced by a pedestal on which stands a curious old locomotive rejoicing in the name of "Billy". The true early history of "Billy"
2240-480: The 1960s. A new island platform was provided, built around the southern wall of the station. The two platform faces are divided so as to provide four numbered platforms, 5 to 8, generally used for local trains. Newcastle is a principal stop on the East Coast Main Line . The station is operated by London North Eastern Railway . London North Eastern Railway provides high-speed inter-city services southbound every half-hour to London (one fast, one semi-fast) as well as
2320-409: The 1990s. In the early 2010s, Northumberland County Council became interested in the proposals, commissioning Network Rail to complete the first study into the feasibility of the scheme in June 2013. This was followed by a more detailed study, commissioned in June 2015, which confirmed that the reintroduction of a frequent seven-day-a-week passenger service between Newcastle Central and Ashington
2400-518: The Calder Valley. 2018 will see the introduction of an hourly direct service from Newcastle to Manchester Airport, which will also mean an extra hourly service between Leeds and Newcastle, and six trains an hour between Manchester Victoria and Rochdale. Mark Whitby , civil engineer and former President of the Institution of Civil Engineers , appealed against the decision to approve its construction in
2480-609: The High Court. On 14 October 2015, the High Court rejected his appeal and denied Whitby the right to appeal the decision. Whitby did appeal and on 11 January 2016, the Court of Appeal granted Leave to Appeal saying "The grounds of appeal raise important points and have real prospects of success". Whitby wanted an alternative that would not sever the main-line rail connection to the Museum of Science and Industry, nor destroy heritage structures. The case
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2560-457: The Irwell was subject to regular flooding, travellers would have made offerings to Odin, the protector of travellers, before attempting the crossing. He also said that there were strong grounds to suppose that Cluniac monks of Lenton Priory , who had a cell called "St Leonards" at nearby Kersal , converted the cave into a Christian hermitage and served as guides to the crossing at Woden's Ford and
2640-593: The Ordsall Chord in September 2013. The statutory instrument authorising construction was made on 31 March 2015, and preparatory works began in October 2015. In January 2016, Network Rail began work on the foundations with a planned completion date of late 2017. In November 2016, Network Rail announced they expected services to run to Manchester Airport from December 2017 and electric trains to run between Manchester and Preston via Bolton with new connections into Manchester from
2720-689: The Springwell, and latterly at the Killingworth colliery, from which place she actually steamed into Newcastle in 1881 to celebrate George Stephenson's Centenary. An image of the locomotive in Bywell's article is captioned "Puffing billy" but it is not Puffing Billy of 1814, which is currently on display at the Science Museum in London. The locomotive in Bywell's article is known simply as Billy (Built in 1826). It
2800-550: The TV programme Most Haunted was filmed at the hall in 2002. Salford Lads' Club Ordsall is home to Salford Lads Club , which is featured on the inside cover of the album The Queen Is Dead by the pop band the Smiths . The club is on the corner of St Ignatius Walk and Coronation Street. St Clement's Church St Clement's Church is the Anglican parish church of Ordsall. The church
2880-525: The Tyne and Wear Metro), Newsham , Bedlington and Ashington and several other infrastructure upgrades undertaken to allow an hourly passenger train to be provided between them and Newcastle. Two further stations, at Seaton Delaval and Blyth Bebside were to be added in Phase 2 and other infrastructure upgrades would follow in Phases 3 and 4 to enable the frequency to be doubled to half-hourly. In August 2020, it
2960-565: The Tyne to the south-west of the station: Since 1850 East Coast Main Line trains had entered Newcastle from the south via the High Level Bridge to the south-east, this meant however that they had to reverse in order to continue their journey, which lengthened journey times and led to congestion at the busy junction east of the station. The four-track King Edward Bridge remedied this by allowing north–south trains to leave or enter from either side of
3040-479: The Tyneside suburban routes that had declined under British Railways management. The underground Central Station for Metro trains was constructed during the late 1970s underneath the main line station, and opened in 1981. Part of the porte-cochère was temporarily dismantled while excavation work took place. The Metro system was a considerable success; Many conventional rail services were transferred there, and several of
3120-451: The area saw local gangs fire gunshots at police and fire crews. As of 2007, the area is undergoing urban regeneration under a joint venture agreement between Salford City Council and property developer LPC Living. The "Heart of Ordsall" framework, agreed in 2005, means that over the next five years extensive environmental and infrastructure improvements will be made to the Ordsall estate at
3200-796: The area, with the creation of hundreds of homes aimed toward first-time buyers and local residents, including Gresham Mill situated on the River Irwell, Radclyffe Mews on Taylorson Street and Quay 5, a £24 million scheme of 231 flats which sold out in just six weeks. Ordsall Chord railway line became operational on 10 December 2017. This short railway line links Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Oxford Road to Manchester Victoria , increasing capacity and reducing journey times into and through Manchester. It allows trains to run from Newcastle , Middlesbrough and Leeds direct to Manchester Airport without having to reverse at Manchester Piccadilly. Despite its notorious past, Ordsall's location between Manchester city centre and Salford Quays has led to
3280-458: The chord, in theory four trains per hour will travel between Manchester Airport/Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Victoria in each direction, and associated reorganisation of train paths and retimetabling will provide eight trains per hour from Manchester Victoria towards the west via Chat Moss , and six trains per hour from Manchester Piccadilly towards either Chat Moss or Bolton and Preston (trains from both Victoria and Piccadilly stations to
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3360-404: The construction of the general station a low priority. The Tyne crossing became the High Level Bridge . In February 1846, the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway exerted pressure for the general station to be built, and the architect John Dobson was appointed by Hudson to design it, in association with the engineer T E Harrison , and Robert Stephenson . Gibson Kyle was clerk of works. By now
3440-505: The cost of the roof ironwork, compared with cutting rectilinear plates to the curve. The station was lit by gas; a demonstration of electric arc-lighting was made, but was not at that date a practical possibility for the large station space. The platforms were positioned 15 inches above rail level. The station was shared from the beginning by the Newcastle and North Shields Railway , which abandoned its earlier terminus at Carliol Square to
3520-562: The east end bays were closed and converted to car parking and other usage. The Carlisle line was diverted in 1982 to enter Newcastle over the King Edward Bridge of 1906, and a large out-of-town shopping development, the Metro Centre , was opened with a station on that line in 1987. The changing pattern of railway services meant that terminating trains were significantly fewer and through trains had increased. The emphasis on bay platforms at
3600-523: The east which had operated since 1839. The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway started using Central station from 1 January 1851, and also abandoned its earlier terminus at Forth. In 1861, the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway had already merged with others to form the North Eastern Railway , and now it was desired to amalgamate with the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway too. The Corporation of Newcastle used
3680-466: The former Radclyffe School site on Trafford Road, earmarked as a new retail centre, replacing the existing district centre. There will be new pedestrian routes and cycle lanes, visibility across the area will be improved to reduce the fear of crime, and there will be improved access to nearby Metrolink stations for the Quays and the city centre . Over £40 million has already been privately invested into
3760-487: The general alignment of Hudson's railways was becoming clear: a main line from the south via Gateshead would approach over the High Level Bridge and enter the general station from the east; the Newcastle and Berwick line would be extended from Carliol Square and also enter from the east; through trains from London to Scotland would reverse in the new station. Newcastle and Carlisle Railway trains would of course enter from
3840-565: The impact the scheme will have on the historic Grade I listed 1830 railway bridge over the River Irwell, part of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway 's original approach to Manchester Liverpool Road railway station , (now the site of the Science & Industry Museum (SIM)), which lies in the path of construction. Detailed designs were presented by Network Rail in November 2012, followed in May by
3920-504: The intended planning application, for submission at the end of August 2013. The plan proposed avoiding the Stephenson Bridge to cross the river on a network arch bridge but severing the museum's main-line rail connection immediately to the east of the bridge, ending the museum's out-and-back live steam trips using a replica of one of Stephenson's 1830 Planet -class locomotives. According to Network Rail, "The removal of this connection
4000-593: The late 1970s when it was known as the Castlefield Curve after the nearby district. A bill relating to its proposed construction was debated in the House of Commons in June 1979, receiving some support but it was opposed on the grounds that a tunnel would provide a better alternative. By the end of the year, British Rail had received parliamentary powers to construct the line. It was estimated to cost around £10 million but following opposition from local politicians and
4080-512: The late 20th century, the rail network in Manchester could not support demand. The main stations at Piccadilly and Victoria were not linked and many trains terminated at Victoria taking up excessive platform space. One solution, the Picc-Vic tunnel between the stations, was proposed in the 1970s but rejected on cost grounds in 1977. A curve at Ordsall linking Piccadilly to Victoria was proposed in
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#17330856237824160-449: The line as a possible candidate for a future reintroduction of passenger services. More detailed plans were announced in July 2019 which would have split the project into four phases to reduce the initial cost of the scheme. The initial phase, at an estimated £90 million, would have seen the creation of new or reopened National Rail stations at Northumberland Park (for interchange with
4240-461: The new infrastructure was not supported by a sufficiently rigorous operating plan. Nobody really looked at how we would reliably operate 15 trains an hour, across six flat junctions in the space of a few miles, with disparate rolling stock, much of which will have travelled for several hours picking up potential delay on the way." In January 2021, the UK government published proposals to deal with congestion on
4320-437: The opportunity of the necessary Parliamentary Bill for the amalgamation to insist on construction of the abandoned porte-cochère, and this was designed by Thomas Prosser and completed in 1863. In the 1860s, the passenger train service was increasing considerably, especially as branch lines opened, six platforms were increased to nine in 1871 and to twelve in 1877, and then to fifteen in 1894: an additional through island platform
4400-477: The personal name Ord and the word halh , meaning a corner or nook, which has become the modern dialect word "haugh". This, indeed, describes the position of the manor of Ordsall, for its boundary on the south side is a large bend in the River Irwell , which became the site of the docks for the Manchester Ship Canal . Ordsall first appears in records in 1177 when Ordeshala paid two marks towards an aid,
4480-402: The reduced need for trains to cross the throat of the station, blocking other services. It was hoped there would be more frequent train services through Manchester. However this has not yet materialised, particularly after the May 2018 timetable which created widespread disruption around Manchester. The Ordsall Chord's lack of use in comparison to its £100 million cost has been attributed to
4560-628: The station heading towards Edinburgh . With the electrification of the Manchester to Liverpool Line , from May 2014 a new timetable was introduced which is made up an hourly express service between Newcastle and Liverpool via Leeds and Manchester reducing journey times to Liverpool to three hours as part of the Northern Hub scheme. Services to Leeds/York are also supplemented by London North Eastern Railway and CrossCountry. Rolling stock used: Class 802 bi-mode multiple units Northern Trains operates
4640-465: The station include London , Edinburgh , Aberdeen , Glasgow , Manchester , Liverpool , Leeds , Durham , York , Darlington , Bristol , Reading , Birmingham , Derby and Plymouth . The station opened in August 1850, as part of the then Newcastle & Carlisle Railway and York, Newcastle & Berwick Railway . Now a Grade I listed building, it is located in the city's Grainger Town area, to
4720-465: The station was no longer appropriate. The opportunity was taken in conjunction with the East Coast Main Line electrification scheme, inaugurated in 1991 by British Rail , to extend the station southwards to provide more through platforms. This encroached on to land occupied by through tracks previously used by goods trains, which had seen little use since the withdrawal of many goods services in
4800-565: The station. The train shed was, jointly with the Lime Street station in Liverpool, the first to be designed and built in Britain using curved wrought iron ribs to support an arched roof. The large section of the ribs was fabricated using curved web plates specially rolled using bevelled rolls; the novel technique was created by Thomas Charlton of Hawks Crawshay, and was estimated to have saved 14% on
4880-564: The station. The triangular junction at the Gateshead side also allowed for greater flexibility, allowing trains from Sunderland to use the new bridge if necessary. In 1909, Central station became Newcastle's only major city-centre station when the former Blyth and Tyne Railway 's terminus at Newcastle New Bridge Street was closed, and its trains diverted to Central station via a new connection to Manors station. The Tyne and Wear Metro system opened in 1980, taking over and improving many of
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#17330856237824960-409: The station; in addition a large expansion to the east took place, with additional bay platforms there on the north side of the former bays. The original through track was blocked to form east and west bays, so that there were still only three through platform lines. This work was completed in 1894. The new group of bay platforms at the east end had their own concourse quadrangle, known at the time as
5040-408: The surrounding marshes in order to supplant the earlier pagan practices. By the 1990s, Ordsall was one of the most deprived parts of Greater Manchester, with some of the highest crime rates. In April 1994, The Independent newspaper reported that the area had unemployment above 20% (around twice the national average) and that arson and car crime were a regular occurrence. In July 1992, a riot in
5120-404: The through platforms was also removed from the plan. As built the site covered three acres and the length of the platform faces was 830 yards (760 m). The train shed proved faster to construct and on 29 August 1850, Queen Victoria visited the station by train and formally opened it. The day was declared a public holiday in Newcastle. The following day YN&BR trains were diverted into
5200-1191: The west and north west (Chat Moss, Liverpool, Bolton, Preston, etc.) do not actually pass over the Ordsall Chord, both ends of which lead eastwards, but travel over pre-existing track). The chord is part of the larger Northern Hub project, proposed by Network Rail in the Manchester Hub Study of 2010. The complete scheme would cost around £530 million to implement. The Ordsall Chord will cost £85 million and will allow around 700 extra trains per day to operate into Manchester. Most through trains on TransPennine Express (TPE) routes to Leeds , Newcastle and Liverpool Lime Street will be re-routed via Victoria rather than Piccadilly but some TPE services to Leeds, Liverpool and Newcastle will continue to run via Piccadilly and will stop at Ashburys and/or Gorton and Guide Bridge . The current fast North TransPennine services will operate via Victoria reducing journey times. The full scheme includes new through platforms at Piccadilly and track improvements outside Manchester to allow fast expresses to overtake slower stopping trains, reducing journey times to Leeds by 14 minutes on average and to Liverpool by 17. Railfreight access to yards in
5280-467: The west of the Castle Keep . In Simon Jenkins ' Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations , the station was one of only ten to be awarded five stars. A scheme for a central station was proposed by Richard Grainger and Thomas Sopwith in 1836, but was not built. The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway had agreed to relinquish their insistence on exclusively using their Redheugh terminus on the south bank of
5360-645: The west. Dobson produced general plans for the station, now being referred to as the Central station , on a broad curve to front Neville Street so as to accommodate the alignment of the approaching railways at east and west. It was to a "Romano-Italien design with ornamental work of the Doric order". Two through platform lines were shown, with three west end bays and two at the east end. There were to be three train shed roofs with spans of 60 feet (18 m). Extensive offices as well as refreshment facilities were shown, and there
5440-551: The whole area since then has been demolished. The BAFTA award-winning British comedy film East is East , released in 1999, was set in Monmouth Street, now demolished. Newcastle railway station Newcastle station (also known as Newcastle Central and locally as Central Station ) is a railway station in Newcastle , Tyne and Wear , England , United Kingdom . It is located on the East Coast Main Line , around 268 miles (432 km) north of London King's Cross . It
5520-471: Was an ancient paved ford at Ordsall known as Woden 's Ford and nearby, in a lane leading to Ordsall Hall, was a cave known as Woden's Den. The cave was of great interest to 19th-century antiquarians, but their constant trespassing to view the site prompted the landowner to completely destroy it early in the century, and no trace of the feature remains. However, the cave was described and sketched by Thomas Barret in about 1780. He postulated that, as this part of
5600-414: Was feasible and could provide economic benefits of £70 million with more than 380,000 people using the line each year by 2034. Despite a change in the political leadership of Northumberland County Council following the 2017 local elections the authority continued to develop the project, encouraged by the Department for Transport's November 2017 report, A Strategic Vision for Rail , which named
5680-403: Was heard in March 2016 but Whitby's appeal was rejected. The 600-tonne (660-ton) network arch was lifted into place on 21 February 2017. The first passenger service was at 08:40 on 10 December 2017: Manchester Victoria to Manchester Oxford Road followed by the return service continuing to Leeds. It was envisaged that congestion at Manchester Piccadilly would reduce by a quarter, in part due to
5760-475: Was later publicly ruled out by Minister for Railways Chris Heaton-Harris ). Northumberland County Council submitted a Transport and Works Act Order application to the Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps on 26 May 2021, under which they would be conferred certain additional powers deemed necessary for the new stations to be constructed and the line upgraded to carry regular passenger services. It
5840-581: Was opened in 1877 and is now a Grade II listed building . St Joseph's Church St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church is one of the few buildings to have survived the Ordsall slum clearances . The church was designed by W. Randolph and cost £5,000 to build, equivalent to £690,000 today. It was opened on Sunday 20 April 1902. The building was severely damaged during the Manchester Blitz of Christmas 1940. The interior has been largely reconstructed and modernised since then. St. Joseph's RC Primary School
5920-481: Was presented to Newcastle upon Tyne Corporation for preservation in 1881. Initially it was displayed on a plinth at the north end of the High Level Bridge, but was moved to the interior of Newcastle Central Station in 1896; it remained there until 1945, when it was moved to the city's Museum of Science and Industry; it was moved again in 1981 to the Stephenson Railway Museum in nearby North Shields, where it
6000-583: Was proposed in the late-1970s and parliamentary powers for its construction were received in 1979, but the project was cancelled. Network Rail revived the proposal in 2010 as part of its Northern Hub proposal. Funding for its construction totalling £85 million was announced in the 2011 United Kingdom budget and construction commenced in 2016. It became operational on 10 December 2017. However its use since becoming operational has been limited as no additional capacity at Victoria, Oxford Road and Piccadilly has been built to cope with more through services. By
6080-421: Was provided in 1871, occupying space formerly in use for stabling carriages. Increase in traffic continued, as also increasing train lengths and it was clear that a major extension of the station was essential. Newcastle had been given city status in 1882 and was supportive of the work, seeing it as a civic improvement. Forth Street was displaced southwards and two new trainshed roofs covered a southward extension of
6160-449: Was rated as outstanding in its 2007 Ofsted report, and one of the 100 top performing schools in the UK. Notable developments include a new primary school for the area, Primrose Hill, as well as an inner-city academy to be affiliated with MediaCityUK at Salford Quays . In 1959 a young Tony Warren got an idea of a drama set on the streets of Ordsall, which ended up into the longest running soap opera in UK history Coronation Street ,
6240-460: Was reported that government officials were seeking to reduce the cost of the project as part of the Department for Transport's Project SPEED initiative. It was reported that the cost-saving measures under consideration included and cutting initial service frequencies from two to one trains per hour and dropping the proposed Blyth Bebside station from initial project scope (although the latter option
6320-442: Was reported that these four proposed phases might be merged into a single one. The Department for Transport allocated an initial grant of £1.5 million towards the project costs in January 2020 which was supplemented by an allocation of £10 million of funds from Northumberland County Council the following month. This funding enabled detailed on-site ground investigation works to begin in October 2020. The allocation of
6400-520: Was to be a covered carriage drive on the Neville Street side extending from the porte-cochère at each end. On 7 August 1847 a contract was let for the main part of the work to Mackay and Blackstock, for £92,000 (equivalent to £10,620,000 in 2023). A considerable amount of groundworks was necessary on the large site prior to the actual building work. The work did not progress speedily, and in 1849 Hudson's collection of railway companies suffered
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