The Stephensons were accordingly given the contract to produce locomotives for the Liverpool & Manchester Railway.

After the completion of the successful Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830, schemes were mooted to build more inter-city lines.

While on a buying trip in England, he rode on the newly opened Liverpool and Manchester Railway.

The pair ran trials on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway but the railway declined to purchase the new designs.

In the 1840s the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway was built running past the village.

The original Liverpool and Manchester Railway which opened in 1830.

This line follows the route of the original Liverpool and Manchester Railway.

The station lies on the former Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which was opened on 15 September 1830.

In 1830, they were involved in the construction of George Stephenson's Liverpool and Manchester Railway.

The North and South wards are separated by the Liverpool to Manchester Railway which runs directly through the town.