On 3 May 1830 the world's first passenger train service, the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway (6 miles or 10 km) began. It was built by George Stephenson and hauled by the locomotive Invicta. It introduced the world's first railway season ticket in 1834.
On 3 May 1830 the world's first passenger train service the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway (6 miles or 10 km) began It was built by George Stephenson and hauled by the locomotive Invicta It introduced the world's first railway season ticket in 1834