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The region's rail network started to develop during the Industrial Revolution, when it was at the centre of a textile manufacturing boom. [5] Manchester was at the forefront of the railway building revolution during the Victorian era. The world's first passenger railway, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, opened on 15 September 1830. [2]
A map of Manchester railway junctions and stations in 1910. One of the first inter-city railway stations in the world was Manchester Liverpool Road station on Liverpool Street. On 15 September 1830, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway opened and services terminated at the station. Part of the station frontage remains, as does the goods warehouse.
Railway lines in England and Wales, as of 2010. This is a list of railway lines in Great Britain that are currently in operation, split by country and region.. There are a limited number of main inter-regional lines, with all but one entering Greater London. [1]
Between the late 1990s and early 2000s, Piccadilly station was refurbished, taking five years and costing £100 million (in 2002); it was the most expensive improvement on the UK rail network at the time. [4] Further improvements and expansion plans have been proposed.
English: Map showing Metrolink and heavy rail services in Greater Manchester. Self-made using information obtained from the TfGM website and other maps uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. Self-made using information obtained from the TfGM website and other maps uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.
The transport infrastructure of Greater Manchester is built up of numerous transport modes and forms an integral part of the structure of Greater Manchester and North West England – the most populated region outside of South East England which had approximately 301 million annual passenger journeys using either buses, planes, trains or trams in 2014. [2]