Rian: Wow! So who built that train? Aunt Maya: A man called George Stephenson. He designed many different steam engines. But it was his son, Robert, who built the most famous early one.

THIS year marks 200 years of train travel in the UK, and if you think your commute is bad these days… you’ll be horrified at what the railways used to be like. The first train journey ...

QUESTION: Why is George Stephenson’s Locomotion No ... because it was the first steam locomotive to haul a passenger train on a public railway. It operated on the Stockton and Darlington ...

The Railway 200 campaign has launched a new-look timeline today which takes us on a scenic, interactive tour of the past, ...

Plans by railway pioneer George Stephenson for the world's first passenger line to use locomotives have been found by an archive assistant. The 1822 notebook of the Stockton and Darlington Railway ...

“I decided to introduce Edward to George Stephenson earlier in the timeline ... It is incredible to think how everyday trains are now, but then the speed they ran at was unfathomable!” ...

In 1825, George Stephenson's steam-powered Locomotion No ... the 'Railway 200 Special' will retrace part of that original route. The train will depart from Carnforth, Skipton, Keighley, Leeds ...

The first train journey in the UK happened on September 27, 1825, with George Stephenson's Locomotion No. 1 trundling along the Stockton and Darlington Railway. After the buzz of the country's ...

The Rocket was designed and built by George Stephenson with the help of his son, Robert, and Henry Booth, for the 1829 Rainhill Trials. The Trials were held by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway ...