People from across the Tees Valley have been to see the Stockton in Steam exhibition at the town's Green Dragon Museum.

Recounting the story of the world's first passenger railway line, the display also tells of the later development of the railways in Stockton.

The story of the world's first passenger railway line began with the proposal for a canal between Darlington and Stockton, which would have cut out a loop in the Tees to shorten the river route between the towns.

But surveyors calculated the canal would cost about £225,000 while a railway to take coal from south Durham to Stockton would cost only £100,000.

The exhibition recounts how Lord Darlington nearly scuppered the proposal, saying it would cut through a site containing many fox culverts and the first parliamentary Bill was defeated.

The route was diverted and the exhibition tells how the world's first passenger train set off from Brusselton Bank, between Shildon and West Auckland, on the morning of September 27, 1825.

But it is vague on the exact location of where the train stopped in Stockton.

Literature in the exhibition says the earliest trains would stop at the Fleece Inn, Black Lion Inn and Custom House Tavern, which were all on a quay that was in the area of the Castlegate Shopping Centre.

The display is open until Saturday, September 4.

It is free and open from 9am to 5pm Monday to Saturday.