The World's First Steam-hauled Passenger Railway

Name: The Worlds First Steam-hauled Passenger Railway 11 Sep
Start: 2026-09-11T00:00:00.0000000
End: 2026-09-20T00:00:00.0000000
Location: Whitstable Museum, 5A Oxford Street, Whitstable, Kent CT5 1DB

Heritage Open Day: The world's first regular steam-drawn passenger railway opened in 1830 between Canterbury and Whitstable! Stephenson' original locomotive INVICTA is on display and the 1829 beam winding engine is being restored. Everyday rail travel for 100 years. Rail or track ways were commonly used in the eighteenth century to move coal and rock in mines and quarries, powered by donkey, horse or man. Each had a specific purpose, as required by the owners. The idea of a public railway, where many people can transport goods by a single railway, became a reality with the Stockton & Darlington Railway, 200 years ago in 1825.

Fri 11 Sep to Sunday 20 September

Whitstable Museum, 5A Oxford Street, Whitstable, Kent CT5 1DB

Fri 11 Sep:1030-1630; Sat 12 Sep:1030-1630; Sun 13 Sep:1030-1630; Thu 17 Sep:1030-1630; Fri 18 Sep:1030-1630; Sat 19 Sep:1030-1630; Sun 20 Sep:1030-1630; Free Entry.

www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event/the-first-steam-hauled-passenger-railway.html

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