The first mainline railway was built between the Lancashire towns of Liverpool & Manchester 190 years ago this month. It had a troubled gestation but was formally opened on 15 September 1830 by the Prime Minister of the day, the Duke of Wellington, an event which turned triumph into tragedy with the mortal wounding of an MP. Yet despite this public service commenced the following day and the morden, mainline railway was born.
29 сен 2024