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Steve Flanders, BA, MA, PhD

Fee £50.00 (concession rate £40.00) - fee will amend when you select the appropriate fee rate below.

Spring 2026

5 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 10.00 am to 12.00 noon, starting 6 May

Ten years after the opening of the first passenger railway in the world between Stockton and Darlington in the north-east of England in 1825, plans for opening Ulster's first railway were established leading to the first trains between Belfast and Lisburn just four years later. This course follows the development of railways across Ulster in the 19th century, the public experience of train travel and the revolution in commercial and social relations it brought about. We'll look at all the key railway companies and the ways in which they changed so many aspects of daily life in the first century of this revolutionary technology.

This is a live online course

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