View northward, towards South Shields, on the ex-NER South Shields - Sunderland line, which since 3/2002 has been the Sunderland extension of Tyne & Wear Metro. Monkwearmouth station was at that date closed and became a Museum, and a new station (St Peters) was built nearby.
NZ3957 : Sunderland Bridges Vertical clearance for vessels entering the River Wear is controlled by the railway bridge at 25m; both the Wearmouth bridge (downstream) and the Queen Alexandra bridge (upstream) have slightly greater clearances.