The speed of 200 miles an hour which some of the contestants in the Melbourne Centenary Air Race, commencing on October 20, hope to average, reflects the great progress in speed made in a century of human transport. When the first railway in Britain was opened, 100 years ago last Friday, a signalman on horseback rode in front of the engine. The train, driven by George Stephenson, attained a speed of 15 miles an hour on favourable parts of the line, which was laid between Stockport and Darlington. So strongly did this new and fast mode of travel appeal to the public that on October 10, a fortnight after the line was opened, a daily rail coach service was established.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4606, 6 October 1934, Page 6
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