Section of Original Railway Found in Newton Aycliffe

Section of Original Railway Found in Newton Aycliffe

The 27th September 2025, marks 200 years since the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, a railway of great importance! Unlike other primitive railways and wagon ways before it, the S&DR was the first of its kind, a groundbreaking project on an epic scale of engineering marvel, a single-track railway hauling coal and goods from the upper reaches of Witton Park to the port of Stockton. But what made this railway more important, was the vi…