HISTORY OF TRAIN

George Stephenson

1814

an English engineer called George
Stephenson invented a steam locomotive.
It pulled coal up a hill. It travelled at six
kilometres an hour. It was the best locomotive
of the time.

First train line

1830

George Stephenson designed the
first train line of passengers in 1830. It
transported people from Manchester to
Liverpool. George and his son, Robert
Stephenson, designed a famous locomotive for the line. It was called Stephenson’s