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Joined up thinking
As more railways were built after the opening of the Stockton & Darlington in 1825, the benefits of linking them together soon became apparent.
Practice & Performance
After an absence of 60 years, passenger trains are running again to Ashington in Northumberland.
The blame game
A derailment near Ashington in 1982 highlighted the problem of fragmented responsibilities that would later trouble the early years of rail Privatisation.
Ashington by‘Paddy’
Dedicated‘Paddy Trains’for local miners had ended the year before, but a 1967 railtour to the Ashington area made use of the veteran passenger stock.
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