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The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London, United Kingdom.
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Surrey Iron Railway
Horse-drawn plateway in Surrey (1802–1846)
The Surrey Iron Railway (SIR) was a horse-drawn narrow-gauge plateway that linked Wandsworth and Croydon via Mitcham, all then in Surrey but now suburbs of south London, in England. It was established by Act of Parliament in 1801, and opened partly in 1802 and partly in 1803. It…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Rail transport is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road transport. It is used for about 8% of passenger and freight…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)