Chapter 12

OPENING OF THE LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY, AND EXTENSION OF THE RAILWAY SYSTEM.

The railway finished--The traffic arrangements 221-236 organized--Public opening of the line--Accident to Mr. Huskisson--Arrival of the trains at Manchester--The traffic results--Improvement of the road and rolling stock--Improvements in the locomotive--The railway a wonder--Extension of the railway system--Joint-stock railway companies--New lines projected--New engineers--The Grand Junction--Public opposition to railways--Robert Stephenson engineer to the Leicester and Swannington Railway--George Stephenson removes to Snibston--Sinks for and gets coal--Stimulates local enterprise--His liberality