Jul 1, 2007
My audio tour to day is on the Volk's Electric Railway with
(photo Ian Gledhill), Chairman of (VERA) Volks Electric
Railway Association. Opened in 1883 the Magnus Volk electric
powered railway runs along the seafront at Brighton in the South
East of England. It was opened on 4 August 1883 by Magnus
Volk, the man who designed and built the railway from scratch, in
as little as three to six weeks. Volk's Electric Railway
(VER) is the oldest operating electric railway in the world. It is
a narrow gauge railway that runs along a length of the seafront of
the English seaside resort of Brighton.
Today the railway can carry up to eighty passengers along the beach
for one and a quarter miles. Although not quite the first example
of electric traction in the world it was certainly the first proper
electric railway in Britain. Today it holds the deserved position
of being the oldest remaining operating electric railway in the
world.
Music by Chris Harvey: Paris : Album: The White
Sailand.
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Photos of Volks
Electric Railway
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