In 1864 Sir Edward Watkin in charge of a Manchester, England based provincial railway company had a dream- to build England’s fastest railway connecting Manchester to London to a future channel tunnel. Despite cynics and critics who noted that there were already other lines connecting Manchester, the line was opened in 1899. It was the last mainline built in the Uk until HS1 opened two years ago. The Channel tunnel was not built until 1994, 130 years after Sir Watkin’s dream. Grand Central was built with some very unique features: a minimum of stops running from…
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