One Darlington May 2022

Rail HQ bid
on track?
Darlington should find out this month if we are still in
the race to be the home of Great British Railways.
Last year, a national competition was announced to find a
suitable location for the new rail body.
We submitted our expression of interest, along with other
hopefuls, earlier this year.
As the home of the world’s first steam-powered
passenger railway, not to mention the first steam engine
to be built in the UK for decades, our credentials as a
pioneering railway town are first class.
If shortlisted, we will go forward to a public vote in the
coming weeks and months, with a final decision on the
headquarters’ location due to be announced this summer.
Watch this space!
Darlington-built Tornado steaming into North Road Station
An artist’s impression of the new rail heritage quarter development
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