Growth in the 19th century of Manchester's trade quickly out grew the capabilities of the road and waterways to Liverpool. On September 15th, 1830, the Duke of Wellington officially opened the Liverpool Road Station, the world's first passenger railway station. In 1844 Victoria Station was opened in the heart of Manchester, and the Liverpool Road Station ceased to be a passenger railway station and turned to just freight traffic. By the turn of the century, railways developed in England and throughout the world, and Manchester became the nations center for both railways and canals. With the building of Central Station in 1879, and the three new viaducts crossing Castlefield, most of the "castle in the field" was destroyed. This, coupled with the building of the Great Northern transport interchange in 1894, destroyed what remained of the "old town" of Aldport.