On September 27 1825 a steam train crowded with excited passengers travelled 26 miles from Shildon via Darlington to Stockton in north-east England. It broke down on route, and one man fell off and had his foot crushed. But the journey is recognised as the birth of the railway age, which was to transform human mobility, business and social life around the globe.
1825年9月27日，一列擠滿興奮乘客的蒸汽火車從希爾登出發，經由達靈頓駛往英格蘭東北部的斯托克頓，行程26英里。途中火車一度故障，一名男子從車上跌落，腳被碾傷。然而，這次旅程被公認為鐵路時代的開端，而這一時代此后改變了全球的人類出行、商業與社會生活。
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