Bishop Trains

Established in 2012 Bishop Trains operates the National Rail ticket office at Bishop Auckland Railway Station. We offer a counter service for personal callers and a telephone booking service selling the full range of National Rail tickets, railcards and reservations. We pride ourselves on finding the best value fares for any UK rail journey, and our team regularly beat the prices offered by online ticket sellers. Make Bishop Trains your first choice for: National Rail tickets, including bargain Advance fares Railcards (Family, Senior, 16-25, Two Together) Seat & sleeper reservations Rail Rover & Ranger tickets Rail-Sail tickets to Ireland, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands & Isle of Man Book by phone on 01388-661394 (Mon-Sat 09:00-12:25 then 13:00-16:00) WHERE IT ALL BEGAN Bishop Trains opened the doors at 9am on Saturday 21st January 2012, initially as a model railway shop but with big plans to become a rail travel agent running alongside the model railway side of the business. When we first opened we were situated in the building now occupied by our good friends, Caps Off, a building that many locals will remember as the Bishop Auckland Driving Test Centre. Given that the local area was pretty much devoid of a dedicated model railway shop, pretty much straight away the business became busy with many regular customers and unlike most similar shops we opened 7 days a week including public holidays. During this time work was taking place behind the scenes in planning the travel centre and discussions with Northern Rail were ongoing. In the meantime, we opened a much-needed waiting room for passengers using the station.