The booking office was upgraded in 2018 and a mural of steam engine LNER ‘Peppercorn class’ A1 60163 was painted by a professional artist.
Tornado became the first steam locomotive to officially reach 100 mph on British tracks for over 50 years. It is a 4-6-2 steam locomotive completed in 2008 to an original design by Arthur Peppercorn
It occasionally still passes through Heaton Chapel Station.
