The concession was for one year only and on 25 March 1807 the world's first passenger railway began operations.
The city also saw the creation of the world's first passenger railway in 1825.
The first passenger railway was also in that area.
These trains stopped only after the Board of Trade became involved and pointed out that this was not the way to run a passenger railway.
It was single track and never a passenger railway.
It is billed as one of the world's steepest passenger railways.
The world's first passenger railway ran through the grounds beside the main road in the 1800s.
Although it was now a passenger railway, goods traffic continued to be the primary purpose of the line.
The station closed on 5 May 1969 leaving the town without a passenger railway.
The passenger railway opened in 1892 but ran for only two years, four months before going bankrupt.