Newcastle Flyer the final "Newcastle Flyer" steam special operated in October 2014 with 3642. Newcastle Flyer The Newcastle Flyer was an Australian passenger express train that operated from November 1929 until April 1988 connecting New South Wales' two largest cities, Sydney and Newcastle. On 1 May 1889 the first trains began running between Sydney and Newcastle. However, it was not until November 1929, with the pending completion of the Pacific Highway, that a premier express service was introduced. Two trains named the "Inter City Express" and the "Northern Commercial Limited" were introduced taking 2 hours 45 minutes to cover the 168 kilometres.
Newcastle upon Tyne City Police Ponteland sometime later. It also housed one of the 2 server storage systems for Northumbria Police that backs up and shares contingency information (disaster recovery) with its twin in Ponteland. This changed in 2011 when a new computer system became operation and the disaster recovery system was moved to South Shields. Newcastle upon Tyne City Police Newcastle upon Tyne City Police was the Home office Police force and a Constabulary that served the City of Newcastle upon Tyne formed in 1836. Newcastle was then one of Europe's biggest industrial cities. Of note was the name Newcastle upon Tyne City police