Liverpool has many railway ‘firsts’ in the world: an inter-city service, an electrified overhead railway, a large-scale marshalling yard, a deep-level suburban tunnel & one under a tidal estuary.

In Britain it can boast of other firsts: an escalator in a railway station, conversion from steam to electricity & the first main-line electrification, a widely reported death in a railway accident, a proper train shed constructed of iron & glass & automatic signalling & electric signal lights.

Some of these are still working well 185 years later, still fit for purpose, like the railways to Manchester & the Wirral. Liverpool also claims the oldest continuously operated station in the world.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781445644967
• Author: Hugh Hollinghurst
• Publisher: Amberley Books
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 96
• Dimensions: 23.5 x 16.5 x 1cm











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