• This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1879. January 28 – Construction of the Waimea Plains Railway, the first railway constructed...
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  • This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1878. January 18 – Construction on the Central Australia Railway route south of Port...
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    Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel...
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    Rail transport in Australia is a component of the Australian transport system. It is to a large extent state-based, as each state largely has its own operations...
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  • This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1880. February 9 – The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, building southwestward...
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    The history of rail transport began before the beginning of the common era. It can be divided into several discrete periods defined by the principal means...
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    Göteborgs spårvägar) is part of the public transport system organised by Göteborgs Spårvägar, controlled by Västtrafik in the Swedish city of Gothenburg. The...
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  • This article lists events relating to rail transport that occurred during the 1790s. The world's first railway viaduct, which became known as the "Covered...
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    The rail transport system in Denmark consists of 2,633 km of railway lines, of which the Copenhagen S-train network, the main line Helsingør-Copenhagen-Padborg...
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    Rail transport in Wales began in the early 19th century initially used for industrial purposes and shortly began to be used for commercial purposes. The...
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    rolling stock "Passenger transport by rail" (in Norwegian). Ssb.no. 2022-06-23. Retrieved 2022-06-28. "Passenger transport by rail" (in Norwegian). Ssb.no....
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  • This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1823. June 23 – Robert Stephenson, his father George Stephenson, Edward Pease and...
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    and a number of private companies. Today passenger rail services are controlled by the Public Transport Authority (a department of the Government of Western...
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    BU cars (New York City Subway car) (category 1879 in rail transport)
    "The Road to the Transit Museum, by Irvin & Paul Matus; Page 7 (TheThirdRail.net)". Thethirdrail.net. Archived from the original on February 5, 2012....
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    from 330,000 stems in 1880 to 24 million stems in 1930; then a decline in the industry ended rail transport of bananas by 1969. In 1895 Jamaica had exported...
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    Rail transport in India consists of primarily of passenger and freight shipments along an integrated rail network. Indian Railways (IR), a statutory body...
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    was part of the Public Transport Commission and from 1980, the State Rail Authority. In 1989, the SRA was split into CityRail, CountryLink and FreightCorp...
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    Rail transport in the Australian state of South Australia is provided by a number of railway operators who operate over the government-owned railway lines...
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  • related to rail transport that occurred in 1825. April 19 – The La Plaisance Bay Harbor Company receives a charter to build a half-mile railroad in Monroe...
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  • Rail transport in Pakistan began in 1855 during the British Raj, when several railway companies began laying track and operating in present-day Pakistan...
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  • extended rail lines on both Alderney and Guernsey There are currently no railway services on the island of Guernsey. The earlier transport system was...
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  • This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1804. February 21 – The Cornishman Richard Trevithick's newly built "Penydarren"...
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    greater Melbourne area. The metropolitan network is a suburban rail system designed to transport passengers from Melbourne's suburbs into the Melbourne central...
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    The history of rail transport in Turkey began with the start of the placement in 1856 of a 130 kilometres (81 mi) railway line between İzmir and Aydın...
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    Trains portal Tanzania portal History of Zanzibar Rail transport in Tanzania History of rail transport in Tanzania Patience, Kevin (1998). Zanzibar and the...
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    taper of about 1 in 20 to enable the wheelset to follow curves with less chance of the wheel flanges coming in contact with the rail sides, and to reduce...
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    portal Sweden portal History of Sweden Narrow gauge railways in Sweden Rail transport in Sweden Karl Arne Richter (editor), Europäische Bahnen '11, Eurailpress...
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  • This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1946. January 1 – The Lichfield rail crash in England kills 20 people. January 18...
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  • This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1962. January 4 – New York City Subway introduces a driverless train. January 8 –...
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