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What is first train station in the world?

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What is first train station in the world?

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  1. liverpool was the first in1830,s.


  2. Liverpool road Manchester, UK. was the first passenger station in the world.

  3. Stockton & Darlington railway, England, opened in 1825 was the first railway thus had the first stations. These first stations had no buildings or amenities.

    The first city stations in the modern sense were on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, opened in 1830. Liverpool Crown Street and Manchester's Liverpool Road Station thus being the first city stations. The Manchester station opening 2 days before the Liverpool one.

    Heuston Station (or Dublin Heuston) 1845 is often cited as the oldest surviving and still used city railway stations in the world

  4. The first stations in the modern sense were on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, opened in 1830

  5. The Tanfield Railway is the oldest railway, built in 1725 to take coal from Stanley and Marvil Hill to the River Tyne, don't know if it had a station though.

  6. The First station was that on Stockton, on the Stockton & Darlington, 1825.

    First station to feature platforrms AND buildings was Liverpool, built by the Liverpool & Manchester, in 1830.

    However, Curzon Street, Birmingham while worth a mention, was the first station in Birmingham, and is the only one out of the original London & Birmingham Main Line stations to actually still be standing, albeit without it's gothic arches to each side.

  7. Stockton to Darlington on the Rockett.

    And thomas cook sold the tickets.

    Early 19th century, the moving steam engine !

  8. manchester victoria uk

  9. Kingscross..

    Not playing Monopoly here?

  10. The first 'true' railway station was opened in 1830 and was Liverpool Rd station, Manchester, England. It now forms part of the Science and Industry Museum.

  11. Check this out on Google.

    Curzon street, Birmingham England

  12. Greenwich England as it is almost on the Meridian Line, and it is near to the first shop in the world.

  13. I think Grand Central Station in New York.

  14. The first railway stations in the world were on the Stockton and Darlington Railway, opened in 1825. The station at Shildon, Co. Durham England on that line claims the status of the world's actual first - see picture at http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/DRE.ns...

    there was also an early station at Stockton itself:- http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/DRE.ns...

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