When : Saturday 27th September 2025, 10:30-11:30
Where : Cups & Carriages Tea Room at Whitehead Railway Museum, Castleview Road, Whitehead, BT38 9NA. We may need to spread out onto the platform if the Tea Room is busy.
The Tea Room is a short walk from Whitehead Railway Station. Parking is available on Castleview Road by the playground, beside the youth centre and behind the youth centre. The entrance to the museum is past the youth centre on your left.
Railway Connection : Whitehead Railway Museum is on the site of Whitehead Excursion Platform which was built by Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (BNCR) and opened on 10th July 1907. BNCR developed Whitehead as a tourist destination and ran many cheap day excursions to the town. The Excursion Platform was built to accommodate the crowds.
There is no charge to enter the Tea Room and no obligation to buy any food or drink.
Celebrate 200 Years of Railway History!
In 1825, the Stockton & Darlington Railway opened the world’s first passenger railway station on Tuesday 27th September — a milestone that transformed travel forever. Steam locomotives carried passengers and goods at unprecedented speed, sparking a transport revolution that connected towns, boosted industry, and shaped modern Britain.
This special SideTracked Railway 200 event at Whitehead Excursion is part of an international celebration running from Wednesday 24th to Tuesday 30th September 2025. All finds and hides from this event count towards your SideTracked statistics, and a unique profile badge will be created especially for this event. Whether your chosen location is old, disused, miniature, or still bustling today, it’s part of a railway story that’s been 200 years in the making.