A railway line in the north of England, opened in 1830 and engineered by George Stephenson. It was the first railway to rely exclusively on steam locomotive power for both passenger and freight traffic on a double tracked, scheduled basis, rather than mixing steam with horse or stationary cable haulage, and it is widely treated as the beginning of the railway age proper. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Completion Year SignificanceThe first railway to rely exclusively on scheduled steam traction on double track; widely treated as the start of the railway age. 1 Connections
Exemplifies
Standard Gauge, Concepts The L&MR board adopted George Stephenson's 4 ft 8.5 in gauge in 1826, the gauge that was subsequently adopted as standard gauge on most of the world's railways.
Source Wikipedia: Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Invented By
Source Wikipedia: Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Pioneered By
Source Wikipedia: Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Wikipedia- Overview
Lead section
Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR)
Current status
The original Liverpool and Manchester line still operates as a secondary line between the two cities.
Article text
The historic passenger railway station of Manchester Liverpool Road is a Grade I Listed building, and was threatened by the Northern Hub plan.
Exemplifies: Standard Gauge, Track gauge section
The subsequently widely adopted gauge of 4 ft 8+1/2 in (1,435 mm) was derived from a George Stephenson recommendation that was accepted at an L&MR board meeting in July 1826
Pioneered By: George Stephenson, Article lead
Designed and built by George Stephenson
In Group: Intercity and Transcontinental Railways, Lead sentence
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) was the first inter-city railway in the world.
View the Source American Society of Civil Engineers: Liverpool and Manchester Railway
American Society of Civil EngineersLandmark page textQuote, Landmark page text
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was designated as an International Historic Civil and Mechanical Engineering Landmark on September 14, 2016.
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