Town all set to go loco!

Work to turn Darlington's historic Railway Centre & Museum into a world-class visitor attraction is expected to get underway after Easter.

Funding for the £1.7 million refurbishment of the Grade II listed Victorian station - home of the world's first passenger railway, which opened in 1842 on the Stockton to Darlington line - will be used to turn the museum into a 21st Century visitor attraction.

The museum opened on the site 32 years ago and now the council is looking to improve the facilities with new interactive displays, which will explain the significant role Darlington played in developing the railways and the impact this had on the town.

The refurbishment will provide greater flexibility around which locomotives are on display, with more scope for accommodating touring engines.

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