The Orient Express, the Trans-Siberian Railway or even the Hogwarts Express. Every train journey in history can trace its origins back to one humble railway by the Welsh seaside. The world's first passenger railway service had left the world's first station in 1807 with a couple of hardy souls making the five-mile trip around Swansea Bay. Now there's trains and stations in virtually every corner of the world - but it all started in south Wales," said TV rail historian, Tim Dunn. Read more: https

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