the Stockton and Darlington Railway
/ðə ˌstɒktən ən ˌdɑːlɪŋtən ˈreɪlweɪ/
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- the world's first railway on which passengers were carried on steam trains. It was built by George Stephensonin the 1820s between Stockton, a port on the River Tees in north-east England, and Darlington, an industrial town ten miles away.
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the Stockton and Darlington Railway