Today, independent railroads can be found all over the world. There is no corner of the world that has not been reached by train or rail. People around the world most commonly use trains as public transportation. However, in its initial stages, trains were not used as public transportation. After the invention of the steam engine in the eighteenth century, trains were built, but they were not designed to transport passengers. These early trains were used to transport coal and other treasures from the mines.
Today we will talk about the beginning of the first passenger train journey. Because on September 27, 1825, people traveled by train for the first time. On this day, trains were used for the first time to transport passengers from one place to another. In this case, wouldn’t it be interesting to know where the first passenger train went? What was that train like? What is the speed of the train? How long does the first journey take?
Trains were used to transport coal from the mines earlier.
The idea of ​​launching the first passenger train is also quite interesting. It is said that in order to reduce costs, a company that made railways to transport goods from the British coal mines came up with the idea of ​​renting coal wagons to transport passengers from one place to another. In this way, people were air-dropped from one place to another by adding passenger cars to the railway tracks carrying coal, allowing people to sit on the trains. In this way, the use of trains as public transportation began for the first time.
The first passenger train ran on September 27, 1825
On September 27, the first public train ran between Stockton and Darlington in the UK. Nowadays, traveling by train is a common thing. With the addition of new technologies, the speed of trains has increased rapidly. Imagining such a moment is very exciting in itself. It was then that the whistle of the steam engine train sounded for the first time, and now people on foot or in horse-drawn carriages were already setting off in train cars.
On September 27, 1825, the first public passenger train powered by a steam engine was launched between Stockton and Darlington in England. The train traveled a distance of 37 miles at a speed of 14 miles per hour. This event is a testament to the beginning of public rail transportation in the world.
The first railway line between Stockton and Darlington
A railway company operating in northeast England from 1825 to 1863. It was the first public railway in the world to use steam locomotives. Its first line linked the collieries near Shildon with Stockton-on-Tees and Darlington. Public transportation was officially opened on September 27, 1825.
Who designed the first passenger train
British Passenger Trains On September 27, 1825, Locomotion No. 1 became the world’s first passenger steam locomotive. It first ran on the Stockton and Darlington Railway, a public transport line in northeast England. As a result, Britain’s railway system is the oldest in the world. Named “Locomotion No.1”, this train operated as a passenger train for the first time and was designed by George Stephenson.
The first passenger train was designed by George Stephenson. The train was built by the Robert Stephenson Company. The first railway line linked the collieries near Shildon with Stockton-on-Tees and Darlington. The first public trains ran on this track. After this incident, many countries began to manufacture railway engines and passenger cars.
Start using trains as public transportation to earn extra income
The cost of building a railway extending from the coal mines was much higher than estimated. By September 1825, in order to generate income to avoid paying creditors, a railway coach named “Experimental” was launched on the evening of September 26, 1825, and was attached to No. 1 locomotive. The coach hit the tracks for the first time at Aycliffe Lane station after completing a road journey from Newcastle the previous day.
Pulling the engine by a rope brought it to the track.
George Stephenson and other members of the committee made an experimental trip to Darlington before taking the locomotive and carriages to Shildon in preparation for opening day. Control of the journey was in the hands of James Stephenson, George’s older brother. Between 7am and 8am on September 27, 12 coal cars were towed by a rope attached to a stationary engine to the north shore of Atherley and then descended from the south shore to St Helens in Auckland.
Carts of flour were added to this, and horses pulled the train across the Gunless Bridge to the lower part of Braselton’s west bank. Here thousands of people watched as a second stationary engine pulled the train up the ramp. Trains run from the east bank to Mason Arms Crossing at Shildon Lane End. The No. 1 locomotive, experimental car and 21 new coal trucks equipped with seats are waiting here.
The first train can accommodate 300 passengers
The company directors allowed 300 passengers, but the train set off with between 450 and 600 people on board. Most of these were on empty cars, but some were driven on the roofs of cars loaded with coal. Brakemen were placed between the trucks. Then the train started moving. The leader is a man holding a flag in his hand. It accelerates downhill and reaches 10 to 12 mph (16 to 19 km/h).
The train stops for the first time 35 minutes
Therefore, the wild hunters (people on horseback) were left behind. He tried to keep up with the train. The train came to a halt when a wheel of the wagon carrying the company’s surveyors and engineers broke. The carriage stayed there and the train moved on. The train stopped again. This time the locomotive was out of service for 35 minutes. After that the train started moving again. In the past, when trains were transporting coal, there was always a man on horseback in front of the train engine. He holds a flag in his hand. The flag reads: “Periculum privatum utilitas publica”. This means, “Private danger is public good.” These people are called wild hunters.
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The first train runs at a speed of 24 hours per kilometer
It reached speeds of 15mph (24km/h) and was greeted by a crowd of around 10,000 people when it stopped at the Darlington branch junction. A distance of eight and a half miles (14 kilometers) was covered in two hours, and after subtracting 55 minutes of two stops, the average speed was 8 miles per hour (13 kilometers per hour). Six carloads of coal were distributed to the poor, the workers stopped for refreshments, and many passengers from Brusselston disembarked at Darlington, where they were replaced by others.
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Some important historical events that occurred on September 27
In 1781, a war broke out between Hyder Ali and the British army in Saranghar.
Ram Mohan Roy died in 1833 in Bristol, England.
In 1905, the great scientist Alfred Einstein proposed the E=mc² theory.
India’s great revolutionary Bhagat Singh was born in 1907.
In 1918, the British Army launched its last offensive on the Western Front during World War I.
In 1964, the Warren Commission, which investigated the assassination of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, released its findings.
The famous dancer Uday Shankar died in 1977.
In 1995, the Kolkata Metro started operating at full capacity between Tollygunge and Dumdum.
The wreckage of Old 97, a 1903 train wreck.
In 1908, Henry Ford’s first Ford Model T rolled off the assembly line at the Pickett Factory in Detroit, Michigan.
World Tourism Day is celebrated every year on September 27.
