Stephenson's Rocket
Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Robert Stephenson Biography and Timeline
Follow Robert Stephenson through 10 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Robert Stephenson, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1829–1854Years on this page
1829
Stephenson's Rocket
Designs the locomotive that wins the Rainhill Trials.
Rocket
Stephenson’s Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
1830
Rocket Type Locomotives Enter Railway Service
Robert Stephenson's locomotive engineering influenced the equipment operating on the new Manchester railway. The development made new measurements available to physical science.
Northumbrian Locomotive
Builds the Northumbrian, used on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830.
Planet Locomotive
Builds the Planet, an influential early locomotive for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
1837
Euston Station Opening
Opens Euston with the first section of the London and Birmingham Railway.
London and Birmingham Railway Opening
Begins passenger service between London, Harrow, Watford and Boxmoor.
1838
Curzon Street Railway
The London and Birmingham Railway opens its Curzon Street terminus.
1854
New Street Station
Birmingham New Street opens as a central station serving several railway companies.
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.