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* 1825 – The Stockton and Darlington Railway opens, and begins operation of the world's first service of locomotive-hauled passenger trains.
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1825 and Stockton
* 1825: George Stephenson opens the Stockton and Darlington Railway the first steam train railway for passenger traffic in the world.
In 1825 he built the Locomotion for the Stockton and Darlington Railway, north east England, which became the first public steam railway.
* September 27, 1825 – The world's first modern railway, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, opens in England.
Shortly after the completion of the Stockton and Darlington railway in 1825, coal transport prices began falling rapidly.
Hackworth only stayed until the end of that year, following which, he returned to Walbottle occupying his time with contract work until, upon the recommendation of George Stephenson, he was appointed on 13 May 1825 to the position of locomotive superintendent of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, a post he was to occupy until May 1840
George used Locomotion in 1825 for the opening of the Stockton and Darlington line, which Robert had helped to survey.
This road has been numbered the A135 ( and named ' 1825 Way ' in commemoration of the Stockton and Darlington Railway ), replacing the old A135 route which was previously the A19.
Stockton is famous for its associations with the Stockton and Darlington Railway, which operated the world's first steam-hauled passenger train in 1825 and the town also has the world's oldest passenger railway station building.
In 1825, Thornaby, centred around St Peter's Church and the old village green was gradually overshadowed by the burgeoning newly named town of South Stockton which was two miles away.
In 1825 South Stockton became the site of William Smiths pottery and the area quickly grew with the establishment of shipbuilding and engineering.
The earliest recorded example was the ' Royal George ' built by Timothy Hackworth for the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825.
On the edge of the town is the Bishop Auckland to Darlington railway branch line which is part of the 1825 Stockton and Darlington Railway.
In 1825 the Act of Parliament was obtained for a " railway or tramroad " to be propelled by " stationary or locomotive steam engines ," which was remarkably prescient, considering few people considered steam locomotives to be feasible, and George Stephenson's Stockton and Darlington Railway was barely open in far-away County Durham.
Following the successful opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway and the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1825 and 1830 respectively, several schemes were put forward for railways in south east England, including the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway of 1830 and the London and Greenwich Railway ( L & GR ), which was constructed between 1833 and 1835.
The town grew considerably when the Stockton and Darlington Railway established its workshops there in 1825.
Edward Pease ( 1767 – 1858 ), a woollen manufacturer from Darlington, England, was the main promoter of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, which opened in 1825.
The Locomotion Museum is sited near Timothy Hackworth's Soho Works on the Stockton and Darlington Railway ( opened on 27 September 1825 with a train hauled by Locomotion No 1 which took 2 hours to complete the 12 mile journey from Shildon to Darlington ).
After the opening of the Stockton and Darlington railway in 1825, the search for coal escalated dramatically in the West Auckland area and the population increased as a consequence with the promise of employment.
After the building of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825, a number of ambitious projects for long-distance lines between cities had been mooted.
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