A train operator is set to run a special service following part of the route of the world’s first passenger steam train, with proceeds going to two charities.
The trip will set off from Darlington station on 22 February and travel along the Weardale Railway before heading back to Darlington.
Northern will run a class 158 train, which date from the early 1990s, stopping at stations including Newton Aycliffe, Shildon, Bishop Auckland West and Stanhope.
The trip is being run as part of Railway 200 – a nationwide celebration of the 200th anniversary of the modern railway – and will follow part of the route taken by the world’s first passenger steam train in 1825.
