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Tanfield Railway
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The Venue
This lovingly preserved colliery railway’s original purpose was the movement of coal from the nearby collieries to ships waiting on the River Tyne. The surviving section of the original railway, the 1725 Sunniside to Causey section, is now the world’s oldest working railway.
Visitor information
Food
Parking
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Opening times: Passenger trains run every Sun and Bank Holiday Mondays throughout the year. Also Wed & Thu midsummer. Call for opening times
Entry price: Free. Charges for railway travel.
Location
The Engine Shed, Old Marley Hill, Sunniside, NE16 5ET
Tel: 0191 388 7545
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Others people like it
We stumbled upon it on a bike ride, on a really lovely day, and it's a little gem.
Jonathan
It's like going back in time. The waiting room is from another era. My father-in-law (who used to work on the trains) loved it. And the Black Horse pub afterwards was good too.
Fiona, Shotley Bridge
