Darlington prepares for cultural event celebrating 200 years of historic links

Darlington prepares for cultural event celebrating 200 years of historic links

An annual Darlington carnival is preparing to celebrate 200 years of the town's rich railway history with an event 'like no other'.

Railway 200: Creating the modern railway

Listen to this article Railway 200 celebrates the dawn of the ‘Railway Age’, inspired by the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway on 27 September 1825. Looking back through the history of various rail developments, it is clear that this should be recognised as a momentous date, because, for the first time, all those

Art exhibition tracks 200 years of railway

A Bishop Auckland gallery is celebrating 200 years of railway history through art. The Mining Art Gallery, part of regeneration charity The Auckland Project, is marking the bicentenary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the world’s first public railway to use steam locomotives, with a new exhibition opening June 27.  Called Fuelling…