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{\an8}The Liverpool to Manchester Railway {\an8}is nothing less than the world's {\an8}first intercity railway. It's something we take
for granted today. But this was the first one. It was here that the testing ground, {\an8}the proving ground of so many {\an8}ideas was made. It was the template for so much else
and we exported it across the entire world and changed the world forever. Thanks to the Liverpool and
Manchester line, time became unified {\an8}and without that happening, {\an8}the modern world simply couldn't
exist the way it does today. You could argue that the whole
world, really, is a branch line of the Liverpool and
Manchester Railway. The first mainline railway {\an8}in the world between two of {\an8}the finest cities in the world
for granted today. But this was the first one. It was here that the testing ground, {\an8}the proving ground of so many {\an8}ideas was made. It was the template for so much else
and we exported it across the entire world and changed the world forever. Thanks to the Liverpool and
Manchester line, time became unified {\an8}and without that happening, {\an8}the modern world simply couldn't
exist the way it does today. You could argue that the whole
world, really, is a branch line of the Liverpool and
Manchester Railway. The first mainline railway {\an8}in the world between two of {\an8}the finest cities in the world
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{\an8}The Liverpool to Manchester Railway
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{\an8}is nothing less than the world's
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{\an8}first intercity railway.
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It's something we take
for granted today.
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But this was the first one.
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It was here that the testing ground,
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{\an8}the proving ground of so many
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{\an8}ideas was made.
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It was the template for so much else
and we exported it across the entire
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world and changed the world forever.
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Thanks to the Liverpool and
Manchester line, time became unified
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{\an8}and without that happening,
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{\an8}the modern world simply couldn't
exist the way it does today.
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You could argue that the whole
world, really, is a branch line
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of the Liverpool and
Manchester Railway.
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The first mainline railway
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{\an8}in the world between two of
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{\an8}the finest cities in the world.
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Movie Summary
Many of the world's most spectacular railways are surrounded by mysterious stories, tales and sagas. But these back stories have been lost to the passing years and are now unknown even to those using the railways daily.
