A MOMENT IN HISTORY
The first public steam railway opens
1825 CE · United Kingdom, Europe · Technology
The Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) was a railway company that operated in north-east England from 1825 to 1863. The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, its first line connected collieries near Shildon with Darlington and Stockton in County Durham, and was officially opened on 27 September 1825.
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