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The Liverpool and Manchester Railway [1] [2] [3] (L&MR) was the first inter-city railway in the world. [ 4 ] [ i ] It opened on 15 September 1830 between the Lancashire towns of Liverpool and Manchester in England. [ 4 ]
Stephenson's Rocket of 1829 This is a list of locomotives that were used or trialled on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) during its construction, at the Rainhill Trials, and until absorption by the Grand Junction Railway in 1845. The rate of progress led to quite a rapid turnover in the operating roster. Writing in 1835, Count de Pambour found that of the L&MR's then thirty engines ...
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1830 [note 6] The directors of the L&M set out to do all they could to make the opening day a success. It was decided that for the opening, the dignitaries and guests would assemble in Liverpool, and eight of the L&M's locomotives would haul them in special trains to Liverpool Road railway station , the ...
The history of rail transport in Great Britain 1830–1922 covers the period between the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR), and the Grouping, the amalgamation of almost all of Britain's many railway companies into the Big Four by the Railways Act 1921. The inaugural journey of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, by A.B ...
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company was founded on 24 May 1823. The 35-mile (56 km) line was a remarkable engineering achievement for its time, beginning with the 2,250-yard (2,060 m) Wapping Tunnel beneath Liverpool from the docks to Edge Hill. Following this was a two-mile (3.2 km) long cutting, up to 70 feet (21 m) deep, through ...
Slightly fanciful contemporary depiction of Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Construction begins on the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad between Albany and Schenectady, New York. August 28 – In a race between the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road's Tom Thumb and a stagecoach near Ellicott's Mills, Maryland, the horse and coach wins. [2] [3]
In July 1831, the Warrington and Newton Railway was opened, less than six months after the Liverpool and Manchester railway began service. A railway station was built at the junction of the two railways, a mile west of the town of Newton in Makerfield, now Newton-le-Willows, and was given the name Newton Junction. A locomotive and wagon works ...
Liverpool Road is a former railway station on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in Manchester, England; it opened on 15 September 1830. [1] The station was the Manchester terminus of the world's first inter-city passenger railway in which all services were hauled by timetabled steam locomotives. It is the world's oldest surviving terminal ...