The UK rail network includes more than 2,500 stations and more than 40,000 bridges and tunnels. Every year, there are more than 1.3 billion passenger journeys, including nearly 270 million business trips.
The first railroad built in Great Britain to use steam locomotives was the Stockton and Darlington, opened in 1825.
The National Rail network of 10,072 miles (16,209 km) in Great Britain and 189 route miles (303 route km) in Northern Ireland carries 1.7 billion passengers and 110 million tonnes of freight annually. Who created the first train? Richard Trevithick
Today's bullet trains can top 300 mph. When Englishman Richard Trevithick launched the first practical steam locomotive in 1804, it averaged less than 10 mph.
Facts about Train Travel in the UK:
The UK railway network has over 9941 miles (16000 km) of railway tracks to explore
There are over 50,000 bridges and tunnels on the network
The longest station platform in England is at Gloucester and measures 1977 feet (602.6m) in length
Longest station seat is at Scarborough and is 456 feet (139m) long
Highest point is Druimuachder summit (Perth to Inverness mainline) at 1484 feet above sea level and
Lowest point on the network is the bottom of the Severn Tunnel at 144 feet below sea level
Steepest gradient is 1 in 31.3 between Exeter St Davids and Exeter Central
Train travel is one of the most popular modes of transport in the UK because of the convenience and most of the time reliability! I use train travel every week to get me to and from uni. When this brief was set I found myself wondering and imagining what the travel in India was like and how similar or different it is, to in the UK. I have created a series of images to show a journey of one train journey from a city to a town. The journey shows the different views of what I see out the window and reflections of what people get up to on the train.
My work has been laid out on the wall like it is because I wanted to show the complete train journey home I took.
Train travel is one of the most popular modes of transport in the UK because of the convenience and most of the time reliability! I use train travel every week to get me to and from uni. When this brief was set I found myself wondering and imagining what the travel in India was like and how similar or different it is, to in the UK. I have created a series of images to show a journey of one train journey from a city to a town. The journey shows the different views of what I see out the window and reflections of what people get up to on the train.
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