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  2. History of rail transport in France - Wikipedia

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    Lefranc, Georges. "The French Railroads, 1823–1842", Journal of Business and Economic History, II, 1929–30, 299–331. Le Henaff, Colonel, and Captain Bronecque. The French railroads and the war (1922) World War I online; Milward, Alan, and S.B. Saul. The Economic Development of Continental Europe 1780–1870 (1973) pp 335–43. Mitchell ...

  3. Timeline of railway history - Wikipedia

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    This railway included the oldest known railway tunnel located at Fritchley. [15] 1798 – The Lake Lock Rail Road, arguably the world's first public railway, opened in 1798 to carry coal from the Outwood area to the Aire and Calder navigation canal at Lake Lock near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, a distance of approximately 3 miles. [16]

  4. List of European railways - Wikipedia

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    Polish Private Railway Przedsiębiorstwo Transportu Kolejowego Holding SA Zabrze-Locomotive typ BR232. Hungary CER Vasúti Zrt; Magyar Magánvasút ZRt. (MMV) Mátrai Erőmű Zrt. MÁV-Hajdú Vasútépítő Kft. Train Hungary Magánvasút Kft; Poland Connex Polska sp. z o.o; KOLEJ NZGTK; KP Szczakowa S.A. KP Kotlarnia S.A. KP Kuźnica ...

  5. History of rail transport - Wikipedia

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    Railroads played a large role in the development of the United States from the Industrial Revolution in the North-east 1810–1850 to the settlement of the West 1850–1890. The American railroad mania began with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1828 and flourished until the Panic of 1873 bankrupted many companies and temporarily ended growth.

  6. Rail transport in Europe - Wikipedia

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    An ETR 500 train running on the Florence–Rome high-speed line near Arezzo, the first high-speed railway opened in Europe [3] Across the EU, passenger rail transport saw a 50% increase between 2021 and 2022, with the 2022 passenger-kilometers figure being slightly under that of 2019 (i.e. before the COVID-19 pandemic). [4]

  7. History of Normandy - Wikipedia

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    Mainland Normandy was integrated into the Kingdom of France in 1204. The region was badly damaged during the Hundred Years War and the Wars of Religion, the Normans having more converts to Protestantism than other peoples of France. In the 20th century, D-Day, the 1944 Allied invasion of Western Europe

  8. Rail transport in France - Wikipedia

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    In 2017, there were 1.762 billion journeys on the French national rail network, among which 1.270 billion on SNCF services [1] and 493 million on RATP sections of the RER, [2] the express regional network operating in the Paris area which is shared between both companies. The Paris suburban rail services represents alone 82% of the French rail ...

  9. American logistics in the Northern France campaign - Wikipedia

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    The commander of the 2nd Military Railway Service, Brigadier General Clarence L. Burpee, arrived in Normandy on 17 June, and by the end of July the 707th Railway Grand Division had the 720th, 728th and 729th Railway Operating Battalions and the 757th Shop Battalion operational. [59] French civilian railway workers were employed whenever possible.