A nine-month long festival will celebrate the 200th anniversary of a pioneering steam-powered passenger ... Darlington Railway (S&DR). Highlights include a re-enactment of the first journey ...

Rian: Nice! So where did they used steam trains first? Aunt Maya: The first working train was used in Wales and the first passenger train journey was made over a short distance in 1825.

Stockton and Darlington Railway 200 celebrations commence as Locomotion Number 1 has been returned to Hopetown, this week.