Scenic route
Tyne Valley Line
Newcastle → Carlisle · England
- Distance
- 98 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 1 h 25 min
- Top speed
- 100 km/h
- Operator
- Northern
- Train
- Northern Class 158
- Countries
- England
- In service since
- 1838
Page last updated 2026-07-20 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
One of the world’s first cross-country railways (1838), shadowing Hadrian’s Wall from the Tyne to the Solway — the Roman frontier out the window.
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