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Early British railway companies
- Liverpool and Manchester RailwayThe Industrial Revolution created a massive demand for transport between Liverpool and Manchester. Huge tonnages of raw materials arrived at the Port of…
- Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester RailwayLiverpool merchants Joseph Sandars and Henry Booth established the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in May 1824. Their goal was to link textile mills in…
- Stockton and Darlington RailwayIn March 1819, a private bill was presented to Parliament proposing a railway from the Etherley and Witton Collieries to Shildon.