First public steam railway

Name: First public steam railway
Start: 1825
Location: Darlington

1825 · Darlington · Europe · Science

Stephenson's locomotive opens the railway age

First public steam railway — John Dobbin · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

On 27 September 1825 the Stockton and Darlington Railway opened in England, the first public railway to use steam locomotives. The train was hauled by George Stephenson's Locomotion No. 1. The railway age that transformed industry and trade had begun.

State: Kingdom of Great Britain, British Empire

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1825: the first public steam railway opened in England, and in St Petersburg the Decembrists marched onto Senate Square.

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