A selection of images commissioned by Stockton and Darlington Railway 200 Festival in partnership with Teesside University.
Taken during July and August 2024 in readiness for the festival launch in September.
S&DR200 is a 9-month international festival taking place across County Durham and Tees Valley in 2025, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the first journey on the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR).
This 26-mile journey on the S&DR between Shildon and Stockton via Darlington on 27 September 1825 transformed how the world traded, travelled, and communicated.
The S&DR200 Festival will present a series of free large-scale outdoor spectacles, events, exhibitions and new art commissions in the public spaces, libraries and world-class museums of County Durham and Tees Valley from March to November 2025.
Core Festival Team
Sarah Price - Director at Locomotion, Shildon
Jill Read, Niccy Hallifax, Richie Starrs - S&DR200 Creative Team
Niccy Hallifax - S&DR200 Festival Director
Richie Starrs - S&DR200 Project Manager
Lianna Francis-Kelly, Charlie Nettle, Alison Clark, Ian Thompson, Reuben Kench - S&DR200 Board Members
Councillors McCollom, Nelson and
Leona White-Hannant - Director at Hopetown Museum, Darlington
Sara Fortune - Director at Preston Park Museum, Stockton-on-Tees
