Hornby R40102 OO Open Carriage Pack containing 3x Open Carriages (Stephenson's Rocket)
Product Info
Having established the concepts of first and second class rail travel, it was only a matter of time before railway companies created a lower fare 'third class' for the carriage of the working classes, especially in the densely populated industrial areas. Companies such as the Manchester, Bolton & Bury Railway, the Manchester and Leeds Railway and the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne & Manchester Railway all used open third class carriages, mostly for standing passengers, but sometimes fitted with a rudimentary bench (or benches).
The L&MR considered the possibility of creating a third class as early as 1839, due largely to market pressure from the MB&BR and M&LR, but the directors were afraid that, with its lower fares, it would draw passengers away from the first and second class trains. The introduction of third class travel on the L&MR dates to April 1844, when the Board ordered new enclosed second class coaches to replace the older 'blue boxes', which were then downgraded to third class.
The first of the L&MR third class train services ran in October 1844, departing from Manchester at 06:30 and from Liverpool at 18:30.
Tech Specs
- Item Length - Without Packaging (cm)
- 7.5
- Item Scale
- 1:76 Scale 00 Gauge
- Finish
- Painted
- Colour
- Blue
- Gauge
- OO
- Operator
- Liverpool & Manchester
- Designer
- Stephenson
- Livery
- Liverpool & Manchester
- Minimum Curve (mm)
- Radius 1
- Number of Parts
- 3