Rainhill railway station serves the village of Rainhill in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the electrified northern route of the Liverpool to Manchester...
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housing project for older people. Rainhill railway station is situated on the Liverpool City Line, between the railway stations of Whiston and Lea Green. Regular...
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Whiston (Opened 10 September 1990) Rainhill Lea Green (closed 7 March 1955 and re-opened with a completely new station on 17 September 2000) St Helens Junction...
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the arrival of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in the 1830s, the settlements of Rainhill and Rainhill Stoops grew, and merged to become a dormitory...
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Manchester Piccadilly is the main railway station of the city of Manchester, in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, England. Opened originally...
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George Stephenson (redirect from Rainhill Skew Bridge)
opening of the skew bridge in Rainhill over the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The bridge was the first to cross any railway at an angle. It required the...
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Perseverance was an early steam locomotive that took part in the Rainhill trials. Built by John Reed Hill of London and Timothy Burstall of Leith; the...
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Rail transport (redirect from Railway)
won the Rainhill Trials. This success led to Stephenson establishing his company as the pre-eminent builder of steam locomotives for railways in Great...
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Locomotion Museum (redirect from Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon)
to compete in the Rainhill Trials, is also at Shildon. The trials were to decide which engine should operate the passenger railway between Liverpool and...
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List of closed railway stations in Britain List of heritage railway stations in the United Kingdom List of National Rail Station codes. National Rail...
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