Virtual Globetrotting: Newcastle Central Station

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Newcastle Central Station

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At the through station at Newcastle upon Tyne the platforms are enclosed within the first of the great iron and glass train sheds. It was built for the York, Newcastle & Berwick Railway in 1845-50 to designs by the great Newcastle architect John Dobson, who invented a new method of making curved roof ribs by means of passing the wrought iron between bevelled rollers. The train shed is also curved along its length, with a radius of 800 feet (243 metres) determined by the railway lines that snake through the very congested hillside site. The result is utilitarian but extremely graceful, with barely a reference to the forms of traditional architecture (though a mighty classical building was also provided to house the offices and waiting rooms, facing on to the street). Passengers cross the tracks by a footbridge within the train shed.

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kjfitz @ 2006-02-11 23:35:26

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