Liverpool and Manchester Railway

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The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was one of the world’s first inter-city passenger railways to rely exclusively on steam power, pioneering modern railway transport in early 19th-century England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf inter-city railway ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
accidentDate 1830-09-15 ⓘ
associatedWith Edward Bury ⓘ
Henry Booth ⓘ
Robert Stephenson ⓘ
carried cotton ⓘ
general merchandise ⓘ
mail ⓘ
connects Liverpool ⓘ
Manchester ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1826 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
engineer George Stephenson ⓘ
era early 19th century ⓘ
fundingType joint-stock company ⓘ
gauge 4 ft 8½ in ⓘ
standard gauge ⓘ
hasAccident death of William Huskisson ⓘ
hasEvent Rainhill Trials ⓘ
heritageDesignation pioneering railway of the Industrial Revolution ⓘ
influenced subsequent railway development worldwide ⓘ
innovation double-track main line ⓘ
signal policing of train movements ⓘ
timetabled passenger services ⓘ
isPartOf early British railway network ⓘ
length about 35 miles ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
North West England ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first inter-city passenger railways ⓘ
pioneering modern railway transport ⓘ
relying exclusively on steam power ⓘ
openedBy Duke of Wellington ⓘ
openingDate 1830-09-15 ⓘ
operator Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company ⓘ
powerType steam ⓘ
primaryPurpose passenger transport ⓘ
regionServed industrial Lancashire ⓘ
secondaryPurpose freight transport ⓘ
selectedLocomotive Stephenson's Rocket ⓘ
status historical ⓘ
successorLine part of West Coast Main Line ⓘ
terminus Liverpool ⓘ
Manchester ⓘ
trialLocation Rainhill ⓘ
trialYear 1829 ⓘ
uses steam locomotives ⓘ

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