First Steam-Locomotive-Hauled Passengers on a Public Railway

Stockton and Darlington Railway

Shildon–Darlington–Stockton, northeast England

On 27 September 1825, Locomotion No. 1 hauled a train carrying passengers at the opening of Britain's Stockton and Darlington Railway. It was a pioneering steam-hauled public-railway passenger journey, while regular passenger services were mainly horse-drawn in the following years.