The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was the first inter-city railway in the world. It opened on 15 September 1830 between the Lancashire towns of Liverpool and Manchester in England. It was also the
A lithograph of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway crossing the Bridgewater Canal at Patricroft, by A. B. Clayton.
Illustration of the Rocket hauling a passenger train on the L&MR in 1830
A replica L&MR coach and the Rocket at the Rocket 150 event in 1980
Stephenson's viaduct crosses the Sankey Brook, and the remains of the Sankey Canal. The viaduct is in use to this day.
Liverpool Road is a former railway station on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in Manchester, England; it opened on 15 September 1830. A warehouse exists on the opposite side of the tracks which w
The station frontage in 2008.
1833 view of the bridges over the Irwell and Water Street
Liverpool Road railway station, Manchester
Ground floor interior of Liverpool Road railway station during a Heritage Open Day in 2023