Museums · North East England
Hopetown Carriage Works
Hopetown Carriage Works in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
About
Hopetown Carriage Works is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Hopetown Carriage Works, also known as the Stockton and Darlington Railway Carriage Works, was a carriage works of the Stockton and Darlington Railway built in 1853 in Hopetown, near Darlington, County Durham, England. The works built railway carriages from 1853 to around 1884. Now preserved, it is still used as a museum workshop.
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Background
History
The building was used for the manufacture and maintenance of two axle railway carriages; there were two internal rail track running the length of the building and wings connected to the main network via a small turntables located in the central two storey building. The central building included lifting facilities (later removed). Construction on the site ended in the 1880s (about 1884.) with the introduction of longer wheelbase bogie vehicles for which the works was unsuited - all carriage manufacture was transferred to the York Railway Works after 1863 under the NER.
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- Coordinates
- 54.5359, -1.5567
- Address
- North Road, Darlington, DL3 6SW
- Phone
- +44 1325 460532
- Official site
- www.hopetowndarlington.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q1627585 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Hopetown Carriage Works (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Hopetown Carriage Works?
- Hopetown Carriage Works is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.5359°, -1.5567°.