What is a railway
transferring passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are located on tracks.
Passenger
Passenger trains
Goods train
Freight
oldest in the world
Britain
the first steam locomotive
Locomotion No. 1
Created
George Stevenson
1st loco journey
Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825
Problem with our system
Tunnels built for smaller trains
Channel tunnel owned
loc
Getlink
1
Tunnel link
Folkstone Calai
Distance tunnel
31 miles