The first train of the world?

Question

The first train of the world?

Answer 1

If you mean the first train ever to be pulled by a locomotive, this was at Pen-y-Darren, near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales.

The locomotive was designed and built by Richard Trevithick.

On 21 February 1804 it successfully carried 10 tons of iron, 5 wagons and 70 men at nearly 5 mph. It was therefore the world's first locomotive hauled train to carry passengers, although regular, public passenger services did not start until 21 years later with the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway.

In 2004 the Royal Mint struck a £2 coin to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Pen-y-Darren train, featuring the locomotive on the reverse.

The locomotive still exists and can be seen as a static exhibit at Telford station in Shropshire, England.

Answer 2

The first use of horse carts and tramways guided by rails was in collieries and slate mines in Wales in the mid 18th Century.

The first commercial steam powered railway was either the Swansea and Mumbles or the Stockton and Darlington, depending on which historian is correct.

Barmy, isn't it?

Answer 3

i dont know that but my grandma has always said that mt great great grandad drove the train across america, i don't know his name and you won't beleive me and i dont blame you!

Answer 4

First steam train was by Richard Trevivthick :)

Answer 5

The first recognised rail service was on the Swansea & Mumbles Railway which started in 1807

Answer 6

The first passenger service was on the Stockton to Darlington Railway in Co Durham, England, opened in 1825. The directors of that railway had intended it for freight - mainly coal - only and were amazed to find that people wanted to travel on it. Prior to that, there had been short lines at collieries in north east England, and Richard Trevithick had demonstrated a passenger one in London running on a circular track which he called 'Catch me who can'

Incidentally the other answers are complete nonsense - Royal Scot in 1862, ye Gods! Why do people answer questions when they really don't appear to know anything about the subject?

Answer 7

Kind of hard to answer with a definitive number.

Was it the first time a horse cart was hooked behind another one?

Or when two horse carts were pulled using logs as primitive "rails" through boggy areas?

They were certainly pulled by people or draft animals,

trains on flanged wheels were in use quite some time before mechanized locomotives were in invented.

Answer 8

it was in london, i doesnt know here

Answer 9

from london to Brixtol in tree hours

Answer 10

On 25 March 1807, a railroad carriage converted to carry people was conveyed by horse along the perimeter of Swansea Bay, travelling between "the dunes" at Swansea, and destined for Mumbles, an oyster harvesting and fishing village on the west of the bay. The people who undertook this journey were unknowing pioneers - they were the first railway passengers in world history

Answer 11

1862 Royal Scot London - Glasgow United Kingdom