Bowes Railway

The atmospheric Bowes Railway was originally a colliery railway which was built to carry coal mainly from the pits in North West Durham over to the Tyne at Jarrow. The earliest section was designed by the one and only George Stephenson and was formally opened on 17 January 1826, making it one of the world's very first modern railways! An exciting visit for chuff heads of all ages!

Bowes Railway Museum is the only operational preserved standard gauge rope-hauled railway in the world too, so it makes for a great extra-curricular project to show and tell in school. That is of course provided you can catch it open!