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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 ...
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 ...
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.
Modern German rail history officially began with the opening of the steam-hauled Bavarian Ludwig Railway between Nuremberg and Fürth on 7 December 1835. The first long distance railway was the Leipzig-Dresden railway, completed on 7 April 1839. The following years saw a rapid growth: By the year 1845, there were already more than 2,000 ...
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 ...
The first German railway line was opened in Bavaria in 1835. This was the Ludwigsbahn (Ludwig's Railway) from Nuremberg to Fürth which opened on 7 December 1835. This was the start of a railway building frenzy, which rapidly spread across the state. The second Bavarian railway line, from Munich to Augsburg, soon followed.
The Adler (German for "Eagle") was the first locomotive that was successfully used commercially for the rail transport of passengers and goods in Germany.The railway vehicle was designed and built in 1835 by the British railway pioneers George and Robert Stephenson in the English city of Newcastle.
William Wilson was born on 18 May 1809 in Walbottle, Northumberland, England, and in 1829 was engaged by George Stephenson as a mechanic.. The first railway line in Germany was opened on 7 December 1835 between Nuremberg and Fürth.