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RMS Titanic
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The '''RMS ''Titanic''''', launched in April 1912, is one of the most famous of the mighty [[ocean liners]] on which the rich and famous plied the seas in an era before British aviators John Alcock and Arthur Brown made their first pioneering non-stop [[air travel|transatlantic flight]] in June 1919. A [[postal service|Royal Mail Ship]] built by Harland and Wolff in [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]] as the pri(contracted; show full)

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==Get in==
[[Image:RMS Titanic 3.jpg|thumb|right|The RMS ''Titanic'', built by Harland and Wolff, departing [[Southampton]] in 1912]]
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=== Historically ===
The most common means to get in during the ''Titanic'' era would be to go to [[London]] and board passenger rail from there to one of the departure points of the original ship. The most common embarkation point for ''Titanic'' passengers is [[Southampton]], which is 100 km (60 miles) south of London and has hourly rail service.

Belfast has good road and rail connections and is easily reachable from major cities in Europe; trans-Atlantic passenger service from Belfast to New York City still exists in the modern era, but is direct via aeroplane.

=== The wreck ===
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==Go==
===Belfast and Northern Ireland===
The ''Titanic'' journey begins at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in [[Belfast]], birthplace of ''Titanic'' and many other luxury ocean liners of the White Star Line. This district is served by the Titanic Quarter railway station on the Northern Ireland Railways line from Belfast-Bangor.

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