The Stockton and Darlington railway was officially opened in September 1825. It was the first public railway in the world. Two hundred years later, in 2025, I decided to spend a year doing as much railway related stuff as I could to celebrate this anniversary.
New content will be added to this page throughout 2025.
Photographs
A Selection of photographs taken by me in 2025.
Railways
In 2025 I have visited
The Welsh Highland Railway
The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway
The Talyllyn Railway
The South Devon Railway
The Isle of Wight Steam Railway
The Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway
The Didcot Railway Centre
The North Norfolk Railway
The Bure Valley Railway
The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
The Severn Valley Railway
The Dean Forest Railway
The Snaefell Mountain Railway
The Isle of Man Steam Railway
The Groudle Glen Railway
The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway
The Great Central Railway
The Hampton & Kempton Waterworks Railway
Stations
I’ve also been traveling the country by train, so far in 2025 I’ve visited these stations as a part of journeys by train:
Aberdovey, Abergavenny, Abergynolwyn^, Ashford International, Aylsham^, Bank, Barrow-in-Furness, Basingstoke, Bat & Ball, Battersea Park, Berney Arms, Blackfriars, Blackpool South, Bridgnorth^, Brockenhurt, Buckfastleigh^, Bungalow°, Bushey, Carlisle, Castletown^, Charing Cross, Chessington North, Chester, Clapham Junction, Colchester, Crewe, Criccieth, Cromer, Dalegarth^, Damems^ (Request), Darlington, Dawlish, Dawlish Warren, Deganwy, Dent, Didcot Parkway, Dinsdale, Doncaster, Douglas^, Dover Priory, Dungeness^, Earlsfield, Ebbsfleet International, Ebbw Vale Town, Elephant & castle, Elstree & Borehamwood, Euston, Exeter Central, Exeter St Davids, Eynsham^, Feltham, Folkestone West, Fulwell, Gloucester, Golspie, Great Yarmouth, Green Park, Hamilton Square, Hammersmith (Circle and Hammersmith & City), Hammersmith (District and Piccadilly), Hampton, Hampton Court, Hampton Wick, Hanworth Halt^, Havenstreet^, Haworth^, Helmsdale, Highley^, Holt^, Hoverton and Wroxham, Hythe, Ingrow West^, Inverness, James Street, Keighley, Kensal Rise, Kew Gardens, Kidderminster, Kidderminster Town^, King’s Cross, Kingston, Lake, Lancaster, Laxey°, Leeds, Leicester, Leicester North^, Lhen Coan^, Lime Kiln Halt^ (Request), Liverpool street, Llandudno, Llandudno Junction, Llanfair Caereinion^, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Loughborough, Loughborough Central^, Ludlow, Lydney Junction^, Lydney^, Manningtree, Market Harborough, Morecambe, Nant Gwernol^, New Malden, New Romney^, Newcastle, Newport, Norchad High Level^, Norwich, Oakworth^, Okehampton, Oxenhope^, Oxford Circus, Oxford Road^, Paddington, Parkend^, Peterborough, Port Erin^, Port Soderick^, Porthmadog, Porthmadog Harbour^, Portsmouth & Southsea, Portsmouth Harbour, Preston, Queenstown Road, Quorn & Woodhouse^, Ravenglass, Ravenglass^, Raynes Park, Reading, Rhyd Ddu^, Richmond, Romney Sands^, Ronaldsway Halt^ (Request), Rothley^, Royal Oak, Ryde Esplanade, Sandling, Sandown, Sea Lion Rocks^, Sellafield, Sevenoaks, Sherborne, Sheringham, Sheringham^ (North Norfolk Railway), Shipley, Shrewsbury, Slough, Smallbrook Junction, Smethwick Galton Bridge, Snaefell Summit°, Southampton Central, Southwark, St Annes-on-the-sea, St Bees, St Pancras International, Staverton^, Stockton, Stourbridge Junction, Stourbridge Town, Strawberry Hill, Teddington, Thornaby, Thurso, Tisbury, Totnes, Totnes Riverside^, Twickenham, Tywyn, Tywyn Wharf^, Vauxhall, Victoria, Warren Street, Warrington Bank Quay, Waterloo, Waterloo East, Welshpool, Welshpool Raven Square^, West Hampstead, West Hampstead (Jubilee line), West Hampstead Thameslink, Weybourne^, Weybridge, Whitehaven, Whitton, Willesden Junction, Wimbledon, Windsor & Eton Central, Windsor & Eton Riverside, Woking, Wootton^, Worcester Shrub Hill, Workington, Wraysbury, Wroxham^ and, Yeovil Junction
^Travelling by steam hauled train.
°Travelling by electric vehicle over 125 years old.
(Request) means the train was stopped for me.