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Construction of the Tyneside Metro. 9th November 1977
A Metro train crosses the Tynes newest bridge for the first time, 90 feet above the river. 19th June 1981
The new Gateshead metro station, which is nearing completion. 19th September 1980
The entrance to the escalator shaft at Monument Station, Newcastle. 7th January 1978
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh attend the opening of the Tyneside Metro. 6th November 1981
Construction of the Tyneside metro. 22nd May 1975
Peter South, sub agent for Mowlem, and Neville Harrison, of Mott Hay and Anderson, consulting engineers welcome tunnelling miners at the Metro link-up under Eldon Square, Newcastle. 5th September 1979
Kirkby Town bus terminal in Cherryfield Drive, Kirkby, Saturday 24th December 1966. Also pictured, Westminster Bank
These two old ladies prefer the old mode of travelling, with the old cabbies waiting at Lincolns Inn in connection with the Cab drivers Benevolent Association. 19th May 1921
The decorated tram-car which toured Newcastle streets in aid of the Newcastle Eye Hospital Extension Fund Appeal. 23rd September 1932
Interior of one of the new electric trains to run on the Wirral Railway. 14th March 1938
Cafe Monico, Lounge Bar, Shaftesbury Avenue, Soho, West London, 9th May 1956
Nothing more than five tonnes can cross the narrow, windswept bridge which is the only road link between Hayling Island and the mainland, so every day the conductor looks for volunteers to walk it
Manchester University with view of Oxford Road. Circa 1935
Number 7 tram Uxbridge to Shepherds Bush blocking Uxbridge High Street. London (formerly Middlesex) Circa 1929
Redcar High Street, 11th April 1989
Train spotter Kevin McCarthy on the platform at Newcastle Central Station on 26th January 1995
The loneliness of the long distance train spotter... John Colquhoun waiting for the trains to roll in at Newcastle Central Station on 23rd September 1979
Hundreds of commuters using the North Tyneside line were delayed on 6th April 1971 after the derailment of the Talisman express on Dean Street Viaduct, north of Newcastle Central Station
Trains in and out of Newcastle were cancelled on 11th February 1974 after three empty coal wagons jumped the track and dropped 20 ft. into the side of Manors car park
World War Two - Second World War - A Middlesbrough to Newcastle train which was machine gunned by a German aircraft during an air raid on North East during August, 1940
Men Of Power - from this central control room at Newcastle Central Station they guide the railways through the region on 28th October 1970
Post Office workers prepare the fitted pouches and hang them on special brackets at the side of the track ready for the quick-release nets so the train can collect the mail on 2nd October 1971
A workman cutting up an old engine at a breakers yard at North Blyth on 5th January 1965
A snowplough waiting to be attached to an engine in the sheds on 9th September 1972
Post Office workers prepare the fitted pouches ready for the quick-release nets so the train can collect the mail on 2nd October 1971
British Rail decided that honesty is a good policy when it comes to collecting fares when they issued this honesty box to Newcastle Central Station on 7th October 1974
A picture of a ticket from the Newcastle Evening Chronicle and North Mail excursion to see the Cunard White Star Liner Queen Mary leave the Clyde on Tuesday, March 24, 1936
The BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) car, centre piece of the most sophisticated commuter system in the world in San Francisco on 21st October 1971
This is the latest way of getting a platform ticket at Durham Railway Station on 8th August, 1976. If you want a 4d. ticket you get to twopenny pieces in
Keith McNulty, Hon. Treasurer with a Bagnall 0-6-0 locomotive built in 1950 at the George Stephenson Railway Museum on 5th February 1991
One one of the giants of the railway - now just a skeleton remains waiting to be broken up at a breakers yard at North Blyth on 5th January 1965
The Kingfisher, shorn of her brilliant plumage and even her nameplate, awaits her fate in the breakers yard on 4th June 1967
Some old engines waiting to be broken up at a breakers yard at North Blyth on 5th January 1965
A general view of the Georgian exterior of Monkwearmouth Railway Station on 5th February 1970
A view of Plessey Railway Station on 13th September, 1939, which was awarded a special prize in the British Rail Stations Garden Competition. George Allan and James Harmen the two porter gardeners
The platform of the now derelict Manors Railway Station on 1st July 1985
A general view of the exterior of Morpeth Railway Station, Northumberland on 21st October 1980
The portico of North Shields Railway Station on 22nd December 1956, which is to get priority in British Railways reconstruction programme
The platform of Manors Railway Station in Newcastle on 18th February 1984
Waiting for the shoppers special at the now disused Lambley Railway Station are (left to right), Mr. Hugh Hedley, Coun. Mrs. Nancy todd, and Mrs. Hilda thompson on 16th August 1972
The exterior of Manors Railway Station in Newcastle on 16th April 1980
Ronnie Breeze and Gordon Wood (right) at Alnmouth Railway Station with their award of first prize in the British Rail Best Station Competition, Eastern Region on 13th March 1989
A general view of the deserted Pelaw Railway Station on 1st August 1979
A general view of the exterior of Percy Main Railway Station on 10th July 1977
The vandalised and broken canopy of West Jesmond Railway Station which was to be demolished on 9th August 1971
A general view of the derelict Willington Quay Railway Station, part of the Riverside line on 18th April 1973
A general view of the exterior of Sunderland Railway Station on 12th january 1999
