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    Council backs Stockton & Darlington 2025 bicentenary celebrations plans

    Feb 15, 2022 3 minutes
    By Robin Jones

    MAJOR plans for a series of events to mark the 200th anniversary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway in 2025 and lure international visitors to the North East have been backed by Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council’s Cabinet.

    Among the highlights of the programme include a recreation as far as practical of the inaugural S&DR journey on September 27, 1825, from Witton Park in County Durham via Shildon and Darlington to Stockton, using the replica of Locomotion No. 1 which is based at Beamish Museum.

    The journey could be broadcast live globally, and would lead

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