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CONNOISSEUR TOURS Puffing Billy at Beamish © Beamish Museum ■ Stockton & Darlington Railway Bicentenary
HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS

■ Private steam charters on the Middleton and Keighley
& Worth Valley Railways
■ Weardale and Tanfield Railways
■ Engine shed and workshop visits at Middleton and
Keighley & Worth Valley Railways
■ Travel on Settle and Carlisle and Tee Valley lines
■ Visit to National Railway, Locomotion, Hopetown

North East England and Beamish Museums
SELECTED HOTELS
Leeds
Hilton Hotel
Bishop Auckland Park Head Hotel
Please note - hotels can be subject to change
Monday 22 September to Monday 29 September 2025
PRICE INCLUDES
■ Standard Class rail travel
A week’s holiday exploring the railways of the North East, with some steam content and ■ Coach transfers
incorporating the events surrounding the bicentenary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. ■ Excursions as detailed
■ Accommodation in good quality hotels on a
Day 1 - Arrival in Leeds Day 4 - Settle & Carlisle & Weardale Railways half board basis
Make your own way to Leeds and meet up with the Enjoy a morning train journey over the picturesque ■ 1 buffet lunch
tour leader this evening for a welcome dinner. Settle and Carlisle line as far as Appleby and transfer ■ Services of a tour leader from Leeds and
to the Weardale Railway for a return journey before throughout the tour
Day 2 - Middleton & Keighley &
Worth Valley Railways travelling to our hotel in Bishop Auckland for a 4- Price per person:
Established in 1758, the Middleton Railway holds the night stay. Escorted holiday £1,945
distinction of being the world’s oldest continuously Day 5 - Locomotion Museum & Single room supplement £355
working railway. It was originally built to transport Darlington Hopetown Museum Deposit for this holiday £100
coal from the Middleton Colliery to the thriving Travel to Shildon to explore the Locomotion
markets of Leeds. We make a return journey by Museum, which tells the story of the North East’s
private steam charter before a behind the scenes role in early railway development illustrated by six
look at the workshops to learn about its fascinating themed roads of railway vehicles in the newly built
history. We transfer to the Keighley and Worth Valley hall. Later we journey by train to Darlington to
Railway where we tuck in to a buffet lunch before visit the recently reopened Hopetown Museum in
boarding our private steam train for a return trip and Darlington.
later visit the engine sheds.
Day 6 - Stockton & Darlington Railway
Day 3 - National Railway Museum We take a return journey along the full length of the
Today we take the train to York to visit the National Tees Valley line which covers most of the Stockton
Railway Museum. Spend the morning exploring the and Darlington Railway route to Saltburn by the Sea -
halls and marvel at the iconic locomotives and rolling exactly 200 years to the day the railway first opened! Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
stock. The afternoon is free to take in the sights of The modern diesel trains of today are a far cry from
York or spend longer at the museum before we take the steam trains of yesteryear, but the scenery and
an afternoon train back to Leeds. history is still worth the journey! We have some free
time in Saltburn to explore, with visits to the cliff
railway, pier and miniature railway all possible.
Day 7 - Tanfield Railway & Beamish
A morning transfer to the Tanfield Railway for
a return journey on a line which claims to be the
world’s oldest railway dating back to 1621! We then
make our way to the living museum at Beamish for
an afternoon free to explore before returning to
Bishop Auckland for our final night stay.
Tanfield Railway Day 8 - Return to Leeds for our Farewells
After breakfast we transfer to the station and take the
train via Darlington to Leeds for a lunchtime arrival.

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