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Gosforth depot is just north of South Gosforth station, in the fork between the Airport and Tyne Coast lines. Trains can access the depot from either Longbenton or Regents Centre station, and there is also a depot avoiding line between these two stations which is not used for public service.

The depot was opened as South Gosforth Car Sheds by the London North Eastern Railway in 1923 to maintain the Tyneside Electrics introduced by its forbear the North Eastern Railway.

Pictures

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Sign at the Cheswick Drive entrance to Gosforth depot

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Christon Road entrance to the depot

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Metro offices at Gosforth deport

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Cheswick Drive entrance to the depot. Access is via a level crossing across the depot Gosforth East Junction–Gosforth West Junction avoiding line

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Gosforth depot, as seen from the Great North Road bridge next to Regent Centre station, at Gosforth West Junction

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The outside of the main shed at Gosforth depot

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Metro units stabled at the south side of the depot

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Metro units stabled in the depot

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North side of the depot, showing the outside of the heavy lifting shop. On the left is the Longbenton–Regent Centre depot avoiding line, and the white building next to that is the paintshop

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The Cheswick Road entrance to the depot. The barrier protects the level crossing over the depot avoiding line

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Empty stabling roads

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Metro units stabled inside the main shed

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Metro units stabled inside the main shed

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Metro units stabled inside the main shed

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Metro units stabled inside the main shed at the depot. On the left is 4032, in Golden Jubilee livery; in the middle is 4002 in Tyne & Wear Metro website advert livery; on the right is 4048 in Great North Forest advert livery

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Overhead line current indicator

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The depot wheel lathe

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Inside the heavy lifting shop

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4085 with newly-applied Radio Newcastle advert vinyls

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Inside the paintshop—stacks of Metro unit train doors

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