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 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
surface form: Duke of Wellington
openingDate 1830-09-15
operator Liverpool and Manchester Railway self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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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Huyton Quarry associatedWith Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Lion steam locomotive operator Liverpool and Manchester Railway
subject surface form: Lion (steam locomotive)
Lion steam locomotive railwayLineServed Liverpool and Manchester Railway
subject surface form: Lion (steam locomotive)