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Transportation > Trams, Trains and Railways


On 26th July, 1803,
 The first public railway for the transportation of goods was opened... Read more »

On 25th March, 1807,
 The first railway service to transport passengers was established... Read more »

On 20th July, 1837,
 Euston railway station in England was first opened... Read more »

On 31st May, 1847,
 The Rotterdam-Hague railway line was opened... Read more »

On 23rd March, 1861,
 England’s first tramcars began operation, where horse-drawn carriages were hauled along steel trackwork... Read more »

On 10th January, 1863,
 London’s underground Metropolitan Railway was opened... Read more »

On 13th April, 1869,
 George Westinghouse Jr. patented an early air brake... Read more »

On 17th January, 1871,
 An early cable car was patented by Andrew Smith Hallidie... Read more »

On 29th April, 1873,
 Eli H. Janney patented his improvement in railroad car couplings... Read more »

On 4th January, 1962,
 The first unmanned subway train was launched... Read more »