Latest News
From the Friends of the S&DR
Latest News
Welcome to the latest news from the Friends of the S&DR.
Little Loco at Hopetown
Join author and archaeologist Caroline Hardie at Hopetown Darlington as she reads from her children’s book, Little Loco’s BIG Day. It’s an uplifting tale of the first locomotive, now known as...
S&DR Bicentenary to be celebrated with stunning pictorial celebration, available for pre-order.
Pre-orders have opened on a new pictorial celebration of the Stockton & Darlington Railway in its Bicentenary year. This lavishly illustrated hardback book, with photographs by Darlington based...
PRESS RELEASE: Sunday 21st July 2024. CAMPAIGN TO SAVE THE WORLD’S OLDEST RAILWAY STATION
PRESS RELEASE: Sunday 21st July 2024. CAMPAIGN TO SAVE THE WORLD’S OLDEST RAILWAY STATION: MAJOR GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT. The campaign to save the world’s oldest railway station at Heighington in County...
Tales from the Rails. Locomotion No.1
Welcome to the fifth episode of Tales from the Rails, our monthly podcast commemorating the Stockton and Darlington Railway. As we approach the 200th anniversary in 2025 of the opening of the...
Tales from the Rails. Building Bridges
Join hosts Caroline Hardie and Archie MacKay in the fourth episode of Tales from the Rails as they delve into the history of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, celebrating its upcoming 200th...
Tales from the Rails. Heighington Station – the First Railway Station in the World
In this month's Tales from the Rails … Experience the birth and transformation of the world's earliest railway station This month’s podcast is all about the S&DR’s station at Heighington on...
Training for Guided Walk Leaders
We are planning training for people who would like to lead guided walks under the umbrella of the Friends of the S&DR. If you think you'd like to lead a walk along the S&DR at any time in...
Children’s Book Day — Sunday 11 August 10.00 — 3.30. Stanhope Station.
https://weardalewordfest.com/childrens-book-day Children’s Book Day — Sunday 11 August 10.00 — 3.30 Tales in the Dales at Stanhope Railway Station and on the Story Train Expect lots of fun-packed...
Write on Track’s Free Writing Workshops
A series of free writing workshops taking place along the original Stockton & Darlington Railway Line, in celebration of the bicentenary of the UK's first passenger railway. Find out more here:...
Living North’s article on our campaign to Save Heighington Station.
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