Fact 114: What passenger transport did George Francis Train first introduce in the UK?

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Fact 114: What passenger transport did George Francis Train first introduce in the UK?

If you are thinking his name is a clue then unfortunately you would be wrong the first passenger, train service was introduced by, Robert Stephenson in 1830 the train went to Whitstable (a seaside town) from Canterbury (the train started at Canterbury has a cathedral that was built in 597 AD)
The root was only 6 miles.
The train (locomotive) was called the rocket and was first built in 1829.

George Francis Train introduced and create the first passenger tram system in the uk. The tram started at Birkenhead park (North West England near Liverpool) and went to Woodside, ferry (Merseyside) (also North West England).The tram travelled on railway tracks above the road (to day the tram tracks are below the road). Both Birkenhead and Merseyside are separated by the river Mersey.

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