<b>Disused railway tunnel, Scotswood</b><br>The railway line was built for the Scotswood, Newburn &amp; Wylam Railway which linked with the existing Newcastle to Carlisle Railway (N&amp;CR) at each end. The tunnel is just west of the former Scotswood Station where the N&amp;CR line crossed the River Tyne prior to 1982 <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scotswood_Railway_Bridge_(geograph_2830184).jpg" title="File:Scotswood Railway Bridge (geograph 2830184).jpg">NZ1963 : Scotswood Railway Bridge</a>.
<p>Construction of the line between Scotswood and Newburn was started in 1872 and completed in July 1875, with the extension to Wylam being opened as a single line in 1876 with a second track laid later the same year.
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The west end of the tunnel is just west of Denton Road.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/32242">Andrew Curtis</a>
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