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Fantastic atmosphere,
everyone makes you feel really welcome
and are only to pleased to talk to you
and give you as much information as you
want. Unique experience riding in
original carriages with wooden seats!
Tickets allow multiple journeys and
represent really good value. Plenty of
places to have picnics and go for walks.
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Admission Free
Tickets.
Adult £6
Children £3 |
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Andrew's House
Railway Station at Tanfield |
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Tanfield Railway
The World's Oldest
Existing Railway.
 Travelling
on the Tanfield Railway is different from travelling on
any other railway. Few steam railways offer the variety
and character of scenery, locomotives and rolling stock
available here. Most lines offer a trip in B.R.’s 1950s
big steel cast off carriages, at Tanfield the carriages
are a variety of small four and six wheeled vehicles
dating back to the 1880s, with Victorian hardships like
wooden seats but the pleasure of opening windows and, if
you wish, the choice of a small compartment.
The opening windows and also the balconies on some
carriages let you soak up the sound and smell of the
small steam engines working hard on the steep gradients.
The opportunity to walk around the loco sheds and yards
is unusual but extremely interesting. The railway is
especially fortunate in the variety of landscape through
which it runs, it is a surprise to most people that such
attractive rolling farmland and wooded valleys exist
only seven miles from the centre of Newcastle
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 Watch
Video of Tanfield here
Roll back time and take a romantic
journey on the steam locomotives of Tanfield Railway.
Built in 1725 it is the oldest still-working railway
line in the world, and was a considerable feat of
engineering construction when it was built. Today it is
run by passionate volunteers who have lovingly restored
it to its Victorian heyday. What's on offer is both
entertaining and educational. Visitors can learn about
the tough life of the railway workers, admire their
tenacious skills, and take a ride on the big steel
locomotives as they pound their way through spectacular
wooded valleys and past
Causey Arch, the oldest railway bridge in the
world. Special events, including children's days are run
throughout the year, and trains can be hired for private
parties.
Trains run every Sunday and Bank Holiday throughout the
year, and on Wednesdays and Thursdays during school
summer holidays. |
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