| Half of the 26 stage coaches running between Liverpool and Manchester ceased operations within three months of the railway opening in June 1830. [i] The Manchester Volunteer ------------------------> ran from the Golden Lion, Dale Street, Liverpool to the Star Inn, Manchester. Reference: [i] Wolmar, Christian, Fire & Steam: A New History of the Railways in Britain (Atlantic Books, 2007) |
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Half of the 26 stage coaches running between Liverpool and Manchester ceased operations within three months of the railway opening in June 1830. [i] The Manchester Volunteer ran from the Golden Lion, Dale Street, Liverpool to the Star Inn, Manchester.
Reference:
Wolmar, Christian, Fire & Steam: A New History of the Railways in Britain (Atlantic Books, 2007)