# Träjärnväg hittad nära River Tyne
Author: ElLobo

**Willington waggonway found next to River Tyne**

A timber railway track dating back to the 18th Century has been unearthed in a Tyneside shipyard.

_Länk_: [Willington waggonway found next to River Tyne](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-23468903)

  

**Wooden waggonway built more than 200 years ago discovered near former colliery is 'oldest example of standard gauge railway ever found'**  

Archaeologists expected to find Roman remains under former shipyard. Instead they unearthed wooden waggonway running from collieries to Tyne. 

Tailways provided prototype for train network in Industrial Revolution.

_Länk_: [Wooden waggonway built more than 200 years ago discovered near former colliery is 'oldest example of standard gauge railway ever found'](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2379064/Wooden-railway-built-200-years-ago-discovered-near-colliery.html)