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Drawings reveal Victorian proposal for London’s own Grand Central station

Perceval Parsons’ plans for station put on sale to mark 200th anniversary of first public passenger railway

The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2025

‘We’re forgotten about here’: the broken promises of levelling up

Five years after the Tories won over the ‘red wall’ with a pledge to restore deprived areas, voters in the north-east say they’ve given up waiting for change

The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2024

Celebrating 200 years of Stephenson's famous Newcastle locomotive works

Robert Stephenson & Co was founded in 1823 by the ‘father of railways’ George Stephenson with his son Robert - it would soon become the pride of Newcastle.

Chronicle Live · Jan 23, 2023