When Was Britain's First Railway?

Geoff Marshall • April 24, 2025

Geoff Marshall

@geofftech2

About

Hello! I'm a documentary filmmaker who tells stories about transport - railways, buses, engineering, and design. In 2017, I visited all 2,563 stations in Great Britain, followed in 2019 by visiting every station in Ireland and the Isle of Man. I continue to visit every new station that has opened since. In 2024, I rode a part of all 544 bus routes in London, and I've ridden every new bus route since. I've also previously held the Guinness World Record twice, for travelling to all London Underground stations in the fastest time possible, in 2005 and again in 2014. For extra content, I have also have Channel Memberships! Click here for that: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd18OhMfRmjMjzSHP7Zrzmw/join Thank you so much! Geoff. Downloads: https://www.geofftech.co.uk/downloads.html Merch: https://dztz.co.uk/ Books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Geoff-Marshall/e/B07GP8RSRJ

Video Description

Railway 200 is celebrating in 2025 the opening of the Stockton & Darlington in 1825, but why is it whenever you ask this question, people often give different answers? So I took a trip to Darlington to discuss what the answer really is ... Photos courtesy of the Science Museum Group, and huge thanks to Chris Valkoinen, Curator of Railways and Communication at the NRM. Go have a look at the NRM YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@NatRailwayMuseum Locomotion is a branch of the NRM museum at Shildon: https://www.locomotion.org.uk/ For the Railway 200 Inspiration Train: https://railway200.co.uk/inspiration/ You can join Memberships on this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd18OhMfRmjMjzSHP7Zrzmw/join