TransportBritain.co.uk
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Transport Britain
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- Britain has long been a pioneer in the development of transport and has been renowned for its technological innovation. Indeed Britain is home to many transport firsts. This country invented the railways and the famous Liverpool & Manchester Railway was the world's first intercity passenger railway when it opened in 1830. From that small beginning developed today's railway system which was then introduced by other countries around the world. Other notable railways include the Metropolitan Railway (now the Metropolitan Line of the London Underground) which was the first underground railway in the world when it opened in 1863. The Liverpool Overhead Railway opened in 1893 and was the first electric overhead railway in the world. It became renowned as the "Dockers Umbrella" and was the forerunner for other overhead or elevated railways around the world such as those in American cities like Chicago and New York.
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