(30 Aug 2015, 1:51 pm)citaro5284 wrote Used to be a canny run all the way from Shiremoor to Benton without stopping, now we have 2 extra stops at Northumberland Park and Palmersville!
Aye, I remember. Nothing but fields between Benton and Shiremoor back then. There also used to be a goods yard with cranes at Benton, IIRC.