Once you arrive off the train at North Road Station you have easy access to Hopetown Darlington, opening in July 2024. The attraction has been hugely transformed and expanded and will be at the heart of the 200th Anniversary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway in 2025.
Hopetown Darlington includes enhanced areas such as North Road Station Museum, formerly Head of Steam Museum and many new elements such as the new immersive black box ride experience, The Goods Shed featuring the visitor centre, Clocktower café and Hopetown good and gifts, Wagon Woods railway themed play area, Carriage Works featuring the stores and exhibition areas, and the new live engineering building Locomotion Works.
Hopetown Darlington is an historic site which celebrates the pioneering Quakers who made the dream of steam a reality and brought the world rail travel. It is a great place for family days out and easy to reach by the Bishop Line so you can leave the car at home and enjoy the train journey together.
The famous Skerne Bridge seen upon a past £5 Bank of England note is near by, just a few minutes walk from the station and there are plenty of local shops and a retail park with a large supermarket and food outlet within walking distance.
For more information on the facilities at North Road Station visit the National Rail website.
