New signs are to be installed along the surviving parts of the 1825 Stockton-to-Darlington line to inform passengers of the historical significance of the line.
All-electric train operating company Lumo has hosted a comedy performance on one of its trains in the run-up to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which starts tomorrow (Friday 7 August).
In the last two years, the number of customers travelling by Lumo’s train services between Morpeth and London has increased by 50%.