Passenger train: Difference between revisions

The first occasion on which a railway locomotive pulled a train carrying passengers was in the [[United Kingdom]] in 1804, at [[Penydarren Ironworks]] in [[Wales]], when 70 employees of the ironworks were transported 9 miles by an engine designed by [[Richard Trevithick]].<ref name=blsb>{{cite web |url=https://blogs.bl.uk/science/2019/11/local-heroes-trevithicks-steam-locomotive-demonstration-of-1808-catch-me-who-can.html |title=Local Heroes – Trevithick's steam locomotive demonstration of 1808, "Catch Me Who Can" |date=6 November 2019 |website=Science Blog |publisher=British Library |access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref><ref name=BBCpeny>{{cite news | title = Steam train anniversary begins | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/3509961.stm | publisher = [[BBC]] | access-date =30 January 2022 | date =21 February 2004}}</ref> The first passenger train in regular service was a horse drawn train on the [[Swansea and Mumbles Railway]] which opened in 1807.<ref name="swanmuseum">{{cite web |url=http://www.swanseamuseum.co.uk/swansea-a-brief-history/mumbles-train |title=Mumbles Train |date= |website=swanseamuseum.co.uk |publisher=Swansea Museum |access-date=3 February 2021}}</ref> In 1808, Trevithick ran a passenger-carrying exhibition train called ''[[Catch Me Who Can]]'' on a small loop of track in London.<ref name=blsb /> The exhibition, which ran for two weeks, charged passengers for rides.<ref name=blsb />