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.
Statements (30)
| 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 → |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.