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In the first half of the 19th century, opinions about the emerging railways in Germany varied widely. While business-minded people like Friedrich Harkort and Friedrich List saw in the railway the possibility of stimulating the economy and overcoming the patronization of little states, and were already starting railway construction in the 1820s and early 1830s, others feared the fumes and smoke ...
Riesa, until 1839, 117 km, Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company, first German long-distance railway, first steam only railway in Germany, included first standard gauge rail tunnel in continental Europe 1838 22 September Berlin: Potsdam: Zehlendorf, 26.4 km, Berlin-Potsdam-Magdeburg Railway, first steam railway in Prussia: 1 December Brunswick ...
1847 – First train in Switzerland, the Limmat, on the Spanisch-Brotli-Bahn Railway line. 1848 – First railway line in Spain, built between Barcelona and Mataró. 1848 – First railway in South America, British Guyana. The railway was designed, surveyed and built by the British-American architect and artist Frederick Catherwood. John ...
Route of Ludwig Railway Bayerische Ludwigs Bahn 1835/69 share certificate. Railway monument in Nuremberg in memory of the first German railway, Nürnberg-Fürth. Model of the first Nuremberg station of 1835 in the Nuremberg Transport Museum Model of the first Fürth station of 1835 in the Nuremberg Transport Museum The Adler replica from 1935 on its first trip after the reconstruction in 2007.
The first railway in the German colony of South West Africa was the 18 kilometres (11 mi)-long line running North-East from Walvis Bay to connect with the existing road between Swakopmund and Windhoek. It was built to 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge and was opened in 1898. [115]
7 December – The Bavarian Ludwig Railway opens between Nuremberg and Fürth, with a train hauled by the British-built Der Adler ("The Eagle"), the first railway in Germany. unknown dates. David Strauss begins publication of Das Leben Jessu, kritisch bearbeitet ("The life of Jesus, critically examined") in Tübingen.
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Railway stations in Germany by century of opening (3 C) Pages in category "History of rail transport in Germany" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.