The Liverpool and Manchester Railway opened on 15 September 1830. Work on the L&M had begun in the 1820s, to connect the textile mills of the city of Manchester with the nearest deep water port at the
The Duke of Wellington's train and other locomotives being readied for departure from Liverpool, 15 September 1830
William Huskisson
Fanny Kemble, a guest of Stephenson's on a test run of the L&M prior to its opening
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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
Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
…The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&M) opened on 15 September 1830. Work on the L&M had begun in the 1820s, to connect the textile mills of the city of Manchester with the nearest deep…
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.