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    Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) was a railway company that operated in north-east England from 1825 to 1863. The world's first public railway to...
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    the Stockton and Darlington Railway (the world's first permanent steam locomotive powered passenger railway) led to the town having an industrial and manufacturing...
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    Locomotion No. 1 (category Locomotives of the Stockton and Darlington Railway)
    train on a public railway, the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR). Locomotion was ordered by the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company in September...
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    The 1825 to 1863 Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) was the world's first public railway to use steam locomotives. Its first line connected collieries...
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    Middlesbrough and Saltburn. Darlington is the location of the first commercial steam railway: the Stockton and Darlington Railway. The station building is...
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    on a public rail line, the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825. George also built the first public inter-city railway line in the world to use locomotives...
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    known as the Darlington Railway Centre and Museum, is a railway museum located on the 1825 route of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, which was the...
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    the former Stockton and Darlington Railway's opening; the 1825 Way's northern end is St John's Crossing, adjacent to the old Stockton Railway Station buildings...
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    Shildon (category Railway towns in England)
    it having the first station, built in 1825, and locomotive works on the Stockton and Darlington Railway. The name Shildon comes from the Old English...
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    subsumed the company into the Stockton & Darlington Railway. The line became the eastern link between Darlington and Tebay as part of the 51-mile (82 km)...
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    Tees Valley line (category Railway lines in North East England)
    following part of the original Stockton and Darlington Railway route of 1825. The line covers a distance of 38 miles (61 km), and connects Bishop Auckland to...
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  • who had recently built the Hetton colliery railway, as engineer. Traffic on the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) was originally intended to be horse-drawn...
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    The first passenger railway, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, opened in 1825. The quick spread of railways throughout Europe and North America, following...
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    closely linked with the history of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, being the site of the original Darlington station. The station building, now a museum...
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    Robert Stephenson (category English railway mechanical engineers)
    September 1818 and the scheme was promoted by Edward Pease at a meeting in November. A private bill for a Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) was presented...
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    Express. The station lies on the original Stockton & Darlington Railway (S&DR) extension to Port Darlington, developed from 1828 under the instructions...
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    1858), a woollen manufacturer from Darlington, England, was the main promoter of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, which opened in 1825. He is sometimes...
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    Works, also known as the Stockton and Darlington Railway Carriage Works, was a carriage works of the Stockton and Darlington Railway built in 1853 in Hopetown...
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    Stockton railway station served the town of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England, from 1825 to 1848 on the Stockton and Darlington Railway. The station...
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    British proponent and supporter of the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company, one of first public railway systems in the world, and was the first Quaker...
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    Timothy Hackworth (category English railway mechanical engineers)
    in Shildon, County Durham, England and was the first locomotive superintendent of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. Timothy Hackworth was born in Wylam...
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    successor to the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the NER had a reputation for innovation. It was a pioneer in architectural and design matters and in electrification...
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    Durham and Lancashire Union Railway (SD&LUR) built a railway line linking the Stockton and Darlington Railway near Bishop Auckland with the Lancaster and Carlisle...
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    Darlington Works was established in 1863 by the Stockton and Darlington Railway in the town of Darlington in the north east of England. The main part...
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    and was a competitor to the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR). It suffered financial difficulty soon after it opened because traffic was low and...
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    period). The first railway line was opened in the area as long ago as December 1830, as an extension of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, to connect with...
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    Skerne Bridge (category Stockton and Darlington Railway)
    Skerne Bridge is a railway bridge over the River Skerne in Darlington, County Durham. Built in 1825 for the Stockton and Darlington Railway, it carried the...
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    Robert Stephenson and Company, was the first steam locomotive to haul passengers on a public railway, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, in 1825. Rapid...
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    built in 1845 by William and Alfred Kitching for the Stockton and Darlington Railway, is preserved at Darlington Railway Centre and Museum. For a steam tank...
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  • Stockton Stockton Rush (1962–2023), American businessman and CEO Stockton Airport (disambiguation) Stockton and Darlington Railway, England Stockton –...
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