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Standard gauge railways in England

  • 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…
  • Stockton and Darlington RailwayIn March 1819, a private bill was presented to Parliament proposing a railway from the Etherley and Witton Collieries to Shildon.
  • Channel TunnelIn 1802, French mining engineer Albert Mathieu-Favier sketched a plan for an undersea tunnel connecting England and France.