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Stockton and Darlington was the first public steam railway

The line opened in 1825 to move coal and also carried paying passengers Promoted by Edward Pease and engineered by George Stephenson, the Stockton and Darlington Railway opened in September 1825 in northeast England. Its first locomotive, Locomotion No. 1, hauled coal wagons and a coach of passengers. Horses still worked parts of the line, but the railway proved that steam could move goods in bulk. It sits in Mondo's history collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The line opened in 1825 to move coal and also carried paying passengers. The figure is taken from National Railway Museum, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a history fact?: Yes. It sits on the History shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.