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23 sie 2024 · Explore 200 years of rail history: from the inauguration of the first French line to the advent of our new organisation in 2020. In 1827, France’s first railway line—a 21 km stretch—opens. Wagons transport coal from the Saint-Étienne mines to ports on the Loire River—and are horse-drawn.
26 sie 2024 · France’s first railway line opened in 1827—the birth of the rail industry. We look back at nearly 200 years of history, from railway workers, the creation of SNCF, our darkest hours, electrification and high-speed rail. SNCF has the largest corporate archive in France.
In the 1970s, the SNCF began the TGV high-speed train program with the intention of creating the world's fastest railway network. It came to fruition in 1981 with the completion of the first high-speed line LGV Sud-Est ("Ligne à Grande Vitesse Sud-Est", meaning "southeast high-speed line"), where the first TGV service, from Paris to Lyon , was ...
26 lut 2024 · Le 1 er janvier 1938, les 5 grandes compagnies ferroviaires privées du pays rejoignent le Réseau de l’État, donnant ainsi naissance officiellement à la Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF) qui réunit 515 000 cheminots. Le réseau français compte alors 42 700 km de voies.
The Great Northern Railway linked St Paul, Minnesota to Seattle—the fifth U. S. transcontinental railroad. 1894 – Thailand's tram line using electricity served in Bangkok. 1894 – Serbia's first electric tram line in Belgrade. 1895 – Japan's first electrified railway opened in Kyoto.
Discover the history of the world's railways and train tech here. Railways have been around much longer than you may think. Powered trains are far newer. However, the concept of a railway has been kicking around since the 700s (yep, you read that correctly). On this page, we are going to take you on a journey through railway history.
Timeline of railway history * List of years in rail transport; A. Timeline of African Union of Railways; C. Chronology of Norwegian railway lines; Timeline of Class I railroads (1910–1929) Timeline of Class I railroads (1930–1976) Timeline of Class I railroads (1977–present) J.
