Alex Coomber
The Race Track. York to Newcastle. 80 Miles. York, Thirsk, Northallerton, Darlington, Durham, Chester Le Street and Newcastle Upon Tyne. Originally forming part of the vast railway empire of the disgraced Railway King George Hudson. The Route of the East Coast Main Line north of York as we know it today evolved over the course of nearly 50 years before it was finally completed in 1872.