• This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1841. March 1 – Opening throughout of the Manchester and Leeds Railway, the first...
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  • This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1840. 9 March – The Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad is completed from Wilmington...
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  • This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1842. January 1 – Boston and Maine Railroad, Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts...
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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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    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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    history of rail transport in Denmark began in 1847 with the opening of a railway line between Copenhagen and Roskilde. The Kiel-Altona line in Holstein...
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    into Canada and Mexico. The United States has the largest rail transport network of any country in the world, about 160,000 miles (260,000 km). Passenger...
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    mass-produced rail was 155 pounds per yard (77 kg/m), rolled for the Pennsylvania Railroad.[citation needed] The rails used in rail transport are produced in sections...
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    Rail transport in France dates from the first French railway in 1823 to present-day enterprises such as the AGV. France was a sluggard in building railways...
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  • Rail transport in Cardiff has developed to provide connections to many other major cities in the United Kingdom, and to provide an urban rail network...
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    city of Hamburg, Germany. History of rail transport History of rail transport in Great Britain Years in rail transport Timeline of United States railway...
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    the Golden Horseshoe region, with Union Station in Toronto serving as the transport hub. Freight rail is dominated by the founding cross-country Canadian...
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    of rail transport American business history Confederate railroads in the American Civil War High-speed rail in the United States History of rail transport...
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    article is part of the history of rail transport by country series. The history of rail transport in Japan began in the late Edo period. There have been...
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    freight transport involves the transportation of freight in an intermodal container or vehicle, using multiple modes of transportation (e.g., rail, ship...
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    The history of rail transport in Great Britain 1830–1922 covers the period between the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR), and the...
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  • history of rail transport in Germany can be traced back to the 16th century. The earliest form of railways, wagonways, were developed in Germany in the 16th...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1841. 1841 (MDCCCXLI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...
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  • Lists of events in the history of rail transport are organised into the yearly lists below. Trains portal History of rail transport Timeline of railway...
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    Harlesden station (category Rail transport stations in London fare zone 3)
    Harlesden is a Network Rail station on Acton Lane in northwest London, served by London Overground and by London Underground Bakerloo line trains. The...
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  • at Harrow and Wealdstone Station in the London Midland Region, British Railways (PDF). Ministry of Transport, Rail Accident Investigation Branch. p. 1...
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    railway station on the East side of the line at Three Bridges was opened in July 1841 by the London and Brighton Railway at a point next to their proposed...
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    High-speed rail in the United Kingdom is provided on five upgraded railway lines running at top speeds of 125 mph (200 km/h) and one purpose-built high-speed...
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  • devolved counterparts in Northern Ireland are: Department for Infrastructure (general transport policy, ports, roads, and rail) Department of the Environment...
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    Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway (category Railway lines in Poland)
    along its route. History of rail transport in Austria History of rail transport in the Czech Republic History of rail transport in Poland Imperial Royal Austrian...
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    Brighton Main Line (category Rail transport in Surrey)
    built in 1884. Further upgrades to enable larger volumes of mail to be handled at the station were undertaken in 1935 and 1938. Rail transport of Post...
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    High-speed rail (HSR) has developed in Europe as an increasingly popular and efficient means of transport. The first high-speed rail lines on the continent...
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    Great Western Main Line (category Rail transport in Berkshire)
    in June 1841. The line's alignment was so level and straight it was nicknamed "Brunel's billiard table". The track was supplemented with a third rail...
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    Fenchurch Street railway station (category Rail transport stations in London fare zone 1)
    destinations in east London and south Essex, including Upminster, Grays, Basildon, Southend and Shoeburyness. The station opened in 1841 to serve the...
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    Halstead, Kent (category Villages in Kent)
    Halstead Community Primary School is located in the village. Botanist and photographer Anne Atkins lived since 1841 to her death at Halstead Place, where she...
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