Darlington railway station
Darlington railway station is on the East Coast Main Line serving the town of Darlington in County Durham, England. It is 232 miles 50 chains north of London King's Cross. It is situated between Northallerton to the south and Durham to the north. Its three-letter station code is DAR.
Station concourse and platforms
60129 Guy Mannering entering the station in 1961
Down freight passing the station in 1961
Clock tower
The East Coast Main Line (ECML) is a 393-mile long (632 km) electrified railway between its southern terminus at London King's Cross station and Edinburgh Waverley via Peterborough, Doncaster, York, Darlington, Durham and Newcastle. The line is a key transport artery on the eastern side of Great Britain running broadly parallel to the A1 road. The main line acts as a 'spine' for several diverging branches, serving destinations such as Cambridge, Leeds, Hull, Sunderland and Lincoln, all with direct services to London. In addition, a few ECML services extend beyond Edinburgh to serve Glasgow Central, although the principal London-Glasgow route is the West Coast Main Line (WCML).
LNER Azuma at Burnmouth
A GNR Stirling Single express locomotive of the late 19th century
LNER Class A3 No. 2547 Doncaster hauls the daily Flying Scotsman in 1928.
Class 55 "Deltic" locomotive at Edinburgh in 1980. These were the main express locomotives on the ECML in the 1960s and 1970s.