cl Tyne & Wear Metro SOUTH GOSFORTH Car Sheds

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Ernies Northumbrian Railway Archive

5th January 2006

The Metro uses the old South Gosforth car sheds originally opened in 1923 to service the original elctric trains introduced by the North Eastern Railway. Situated on the old Ponteland branch which has now been re-instated as far as the Airport, there was a goods avoiding line on the north side as when the Metro opened there was still freight traffic to Rowntrees chocolate factory at Fawdon.
The 5 Metro shunters,WL1-5 were purchased cheaply as they were originally built for a cancelled export order. Not entirely suitable for use in the tunnels they were re-placed by 3 battery electric shunters a couple of years after these photos were taken in September 1986.

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