Stockton and Darlington Railway

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Stockton_and_Darlington_Railway
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:railway_company
gptkbp:closed 1863
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:endPoint gptkb:Shildon
gptkb:Darlington
gptkbp:engineer gptkb:George_Stephenson
gptkbp:firstLocomotive gptkb:Locomotion_No._1
gptkbp:firstTrainDate 27 September 1825
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Edward_Pease
gptkbp:gauge standard gauge
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Darlington
gptkbp:heritageStatus part of the UK railway heritage
gptkbp:historicalSignificance beginning of the modern railway age
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Stockton and Darlington Railway
gptkbp:length 26 miles
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:England
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:North_Eastern_Railway
gptkbp:notableFor first public railway to use steam locomotives
gptkbp:opened 1825
gptkbp:purpose transport coal from mines near Shildon to Stockton-on-Tees
gptkbp:regionServed gptkb:County_Durham
gptkbp:startPoint gptkb:Stockton-on-Tees
gptkbp:successor gptkb:North_Eastern_Railway
gptkbp:usedFor passenger transport
coal transport
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:steam_locomotive
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4