Article by Peter, Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, Chair of Network Rail, in RAIL magazine, Sept 2023 30 September, 202328 March, 2024 2025 is the 200th anniversary of this first passenger railway journey and the beginning of a global socio-economic boom maybe only rivalled by the spread of the internet. The rail industry intends to mark this occasion with a year-long national celebration which we are calling ‘Railway 200’.