Date: 04/09/2018

The year 2025 is pencilled in everyone's diaries as the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway - the first railway to open the worlds eyes to the immense possibilities of this new, revolutionary form of transport. But 200 years ago this week, great drama was unfolding as the railway pioneers grappled with their plans, and Stockton was at loggerheads with Darlington and Yarm.

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In a meeting 200 years ago today in Darlington, the idea for world's first modern railway was born

Northern Echo

THE year 2025 is pencilled in everyones diaries as the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway “ the first