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Transport - Railways 0001   Easy

 
 
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1. What was the name of the world's first public railway, opened in 1825?
 
Stockton and Darlington
Stockton and Durham
Stockton and Hartlepool
Stockton and Middlesbrough
 
 
2. Which London terminal station was opened in 1854 as the headquarters of the Great Western Railway?
 
Euston
Kings Cross
Paddington
Waterloo
 
 
3. Which line of the London Underground is coloured yellow on the map?
 
Central Line
Circle Line
District Line
Northern Line
 
 
4. Which British city is served by Temple Meads station?
 
Birmingham
Bristol
Cardiff
Edinburgh

Opened in 1840, it's the oldest railway terminus in the world
 
 
5. In what year were the railways nationalised to form British Railways?
 
1928
1938
1948
1958
 
 
6. Where is the National Railway Museum situated?
 
Crewe
Doncaster
Swindon
York

It was established on its present site in 1975
 
 
7. Between 1929 and 1972 the Golden Arrow was a prestigious train that ran between London and which other capital city?
 
Brussels
Cardiff
Edinburgh
Paris
 
 
8. When the Trans-Siberian Railway opened in 1916, in which city was its western terminus?
 
Moscow
Omsk
St Petersburg
Vladivostok

Vladivostok was the eastern terminus
 
 
9. Which British city opened an underground railway system in 1896?
 
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Liverpool
Manchester

After those in London and Budapest, it's the third-oldest in the world
 
 
10. Eurostar services to Paris and Brussels began in 1994 from which London terminal station?
 
Paddington
St Pancras
Victoria
Waterloo
 
 
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