17 June 2014 Europe

WORLD'S 1ST COMMUTER LINE TURNS 175

The suburban passenger service introduced in 1839 in Newcastle, UK, is considered to have been the first metropolitan commuter railway in the world. Today's Metro system uses the same track between Chillingham Road in Heaton, Newcastle and North Shields in North Tyneside. To celebrate the 175th anni

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