Liverpool–Manchester line (via Chat Moss)

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The Liverpool–Manchester line (via Chat Moss) is one of the world’s first intercity passenger railways, historically significant for pioneering mainline rail travel across the Chat Moss bog between Liverpool and Manchester.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf intercity railway
passenger railway
railway line
connects Liverpool
Manchester
country United Kingdom
crosses Chat Moss
currentUse freight services
passenger services
electrificationSystem 25 kV AC overhead line
electrified yes
era early 19th century railway
gauge standard gauge
historicalSignificance one of the world’s first intercity passenger railways
pioneered mainline rail travel across Chat Moss bog
locatedIn England
North West England
notableFeature innovative engineering over peat bog
opened 1830
openedAs steam railway
originalOperator Manchester–Liverpool line
surface form: "Liverpool and Manchester Railway"
partOf Manchester–Liverpool line
surface form: "Liverpool and Manchester Railway"
passesThrough Chat Moss
surface form: "Chat Moss bog"
regionServed Greater Manchester
Merseyside
significanceInRailHistory helped establish standard for intercity rail travel
terminus Liverpool
Manchester
trackType main line
transportMode rail

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Manchester Victoria locatedOn Liverpool–Manchester line (via Chat Moss)

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