Locomotion in Shildon, County Durham, is set to reopen today, as national Covid restrictions are eased. Since tickets were released two weeks ago, 5,441 people have booked their free tickets to visit Locomotion. The museum is part of the Science Museum Group which temporarily closed its five sites across the UK at the end of 2020, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. As well as seeing the museums’ famous locomotives and carriages, visitors at Locomotion will be able to see a new photographic exhibition called Railway Heroes which celebrates the work of railway workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Visitors to Locomotion will also be able to see the original Locomotion No.1 which goes on display in the museum for the first time and see the museum’s newly restored historic buildings.
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Reopening plans announced for Locomotion in Shildon
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The first visitors to Locomotion in Shildon can now book their tickets online ahead of the museum’s reopening on Wednesday 19 May.
Visitors will be able to see the original Locomotion No.1 on display in Shildon for the first time in more than 170 years – close to the site of its first historic journey at the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825.
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Also on display will be
Railway Heroes, a photographic exhibition which celebrates the vital role played by railway key workers during the pandemic. The 16 people featured in the exhibition include Northern train driver Jolene Miller from Stockton-on-Tees who worked as a volunteer paramedic and train manger Janet Bamber from Avanti West Coast who sewed medical PPE in her spare time.