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| 18th century || The steam engine -burning fuel to produce heat energy, is invented.2 By the end of the century, every mine in Great Britain already has its own simple railway network, with horses pulling carts from mines to factories.<ref name="History of Rail Transport">{{cite web|title=History of Rail Transport|url=http://www.trainhistory.net/railway-history/railroad-history/|website=trainhistory.net|accessdate=7 February 2018}}</ref> | | 18th century || The steam engine -burning fuel to produce heat energy, is invented.2 By the end of the century, every mine in Great Britain already has its own simple railway network, with horses pulling carts from mines to factories.<ref name="History of Rail Transport">{{cite web|title=History of Rail Transport|url=http://www.trainhistory.net/railway-history/railroad-history/|website=trainhistory.net|accessdate=7 February 2018}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 19th century || | + | | 19th century || In the second half of the century, local public transport is still primarily reliant on horses.<ref name="1879 – Siemens presents the world’s first electric railway with an external power source"/> |
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| 20th century || In the 1960s and early 1970s, a considerable interest is put on the possibility of building tracked passenger vehicles that could travel much faster than conventional trains. From the 1970s, interest in an alternative high-speed technology centers on magnetic levitation, or maglev, which rides on an air cushion created by the electromagnetic reaction between an onboard device and another embedded in its guideway.<ref name="The History of the Railroad"/> | | 20th century || In the 1960s and early 1970s, a considerable interest is put on the possibility of building tracked passenger vehicles that could travel much faster than conventional trains. From the 1970s, interest in an alternative high-speed technology centers on magnetic levitation, or maglev, which rides on an air cushion created by the electromagnetic reaction between an onboard device and another embedded in its guideway.<ref name="The History of the Railroad"/> | ||
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| 1863 || || The construction of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States begins.4 || {{w|United States}} | | 1863 || || The construction of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States begins.4 || {{w|United States}} | ||
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| − | | | + | | 1866 || Scientific development || German {{w|industrialist}} {{w|Werner von Siemens}} discovers the dynamo-electric principle.<ref name="1879 – Siemens presents the world’s first electric railway with an external power source">{{cite web|title=1879 – Siemens presents the world’s first electric railway with an external power source|url=https://www.siemens.com/history/en/news/electric_railway.htm|website=siemens.com|accessdate=5 March 2018}}</ref> || {{w|Germany}} |
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| − | | 1879 || || | + | | 1879 || Technology || {{w|Werner von Siemens}} demonstrates an electric railway with external power source at the Berlin Commercial Exposition.<ref name="1879 – Siemens presents the world’s first electric railway with an external power source"/><ref name="Rail transportation, a timeline"/><ref name="1816 – Werner von Siemens is born in Lenthe, near Hanover">{{cite web|title=1816 – Werner von Siemens is born in Lenthe, near Hanover|url=https://www.siemens.com/history/en/news/1051_werner_von_siemens.htm|website=siemens.com|accessdate=5 March 2018}}</ref> || Germany |
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| − | | 1881 || || The world's first electric tram line, {{w|Gross-Lichterfelde Tramway}}, openes in [[w:Lichterfelde (Berlin)|Lichterfelde]] near Berlin, Germany. It is built by [[w:Werner von Siemens|Siemens]]. | + | | 1881 || || The world's first electric tram line, {{w|Gross-Lichterfelde Tramway}}, openes in [[w:Lichterfelde (Berlin)|Lichterfelde]] near Berlin, Germany. It is built by [[w:Werner von Siemens|Siemens]].<ref name="1879 – Siemens presents the world’s first electric railway with an external power source"/> || {{w|Germany}} |
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| 1883 || || The {{w|Volk's Electric Railway}} opens in Brighton, England. || United Kingdom | | 1883 || || The {{w|Volk's Electric Railway}} opens in Brighton, England. || United Kingdom | ||
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| − | | 1890 || || The entire London train fleet starts using electrical engines. This marks the beginning of the new era of urban rapid transit systems.<ref name="History of Rail Transport"/> || {{w|United Kingdom}} | + | | 1890 || Technology || The entire London train fleet starts using electrical engines. This marks the beginning of the new era of urban rapid transit systems.<ref name="History of Rail Transport"/> || {{w|United Kingdom}} |
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| 1890s || || Steam powered passenger trains in England carry people living in the country to cities for work and for pleasure. City people travel by train to the countryside or the seaside. On some trains there are carriages with bedrooms, called sleeping cars, and restaurants and bathrooms have been added.<ref name="Rail transportation, a timeline"/> || United Kingdom | | 1890s || || Steam powered passenger trains in England carry people living in the country to cities for work and for pleasure. City people travel by train to the countryside or the seaside. On some trains there are carriages with bedrooms, called sleeping cars, and restaurants and bathrooms have been added.<ref name="Rail transportation, a timeline"/> || United Kingdom | ||
Revision as of 12:49, 5 March 2018
This is a timeline of rail transport.
Contents
Big picture
| Time period | Development summary |
|---|---|
| <18th century | People have to use their own strength, and the power of animals, wind and water when they want to build, move anything, or transport themselves and their goods.[1] |
| 18th century | The steam engine -burning fuel to produce heat energy, is invented.2 By the end of the century, every mine in Great Britain already has its own simple railway network, with horses pulling carts from mines to factories.[2] |
| 19th century | In the second half of the century, local public transport is still primarily reliant on horses.[3] |
| 20th century | In the 1960s and early 1970s, a considerable interest is put on the possibility of building tracked passenger vehicles that could travel much faster than conventional trains. From the 1970s, interest in an alternative high-speed technology centers on magnetic levitation, or maglev, which rides on an air cushion created by the electromagnetic reaction between an onboard device and another embedded in its guideway.[4] |
Full timeline
| Year | Event type | Details | Geographical location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 600 B.C | The earliest form of "railroads" is developed by the Greeks, who make grooves in paved limestone roads so that they could use wheeled vehicles to ease transport of boats across the Isthmus of Corinth. However, with the fall of Greece to Rome in 146 B.C., these early railways would fall into ruin and disappear for over 1,400 years.[4] | ||
| 1515 | Cardinal Matthäus Lang writes a description of the Reisszug, a funicular railway at the Hohensalzburg Castle in Austria. | Austria | |
| 1550s | Germany begins installing roads of rails called wagonways to make it easier for horse-drawn wagons or carts to cross the countryside. These primitive railed roads consist of wooden rails over which horse-drawn wagons or carts move with greater ease than over dirt roads.[4] | ||
| 1764 | The first railway in the United States is built in Lewiston, New York. | United States | |
| 1769-1774 | James Watt discovers the stationary steam engine.[2][1] | United Kingdom | |
| 1770s | Iron replaces the wood in the rails and wheels on the carts used on wagonways, which would then evolve into tramways that spread across Europe.[4] | ||
| 1784 | English ironmaster Henry Cort patents the puddling process, making iron cheaper to produce. | United Kingdom | |
| 1787 | John Curr, a Sheffield colliery manager, invents the flanged rail. | United Kingdom | |
| 1789 | Englishman William Jessup designs the first wagons with flanged wheels, which have grooves that allow the wheels to better grip the rail and is an important design that carry over to later locomotives. | United Kingdom | |
| 1803 | Samuel Homfray decides to fund the development of a steam-powered vehicle to replace the horse-drawn carts on the tramways.[4] | ||
| 1803 | William Jessop opens the Surrey Iron Railway, a double track plateway, erroneously sometimes cited as world's first public railway, in south London. | United Kingdom | |
| 1804 | British engineer Richard Trevithick successfully tests the first steam-powered locomotive to ride on rails. At seven tons, however, the locomotive is so heavy it would break its own rails.[5][2] | United Kingdom | |
| 1811 | John Blenkinsop invents a steam engine which has cogs on one of its wheels.[6] | ||
| 1813 | William Hedley builds his "Puffing Billy" to pull coal wagons at the Wylam Colliery in Northumberland. The transport is so reliable that it is used for fifty years.[6] | ||
| 1814 | British engineer George Stephenson builds the very first steam engine for the locomotive.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag |
Germany | |
| 1879 | Technology | Werner von Siemens demonstrates an electric railway with external power source at the Berlin Commercial Exposition.[3][1][7] | Germany |
| 1881 | The world's first electric tram line, Gross-Lichterfelde Tramway, openes in Lichterfelde near Berlin, Germany. It is built by Siemens.[3] | Germany | |
| 1883 | The Volk's Electric Railway opens in Brighton, England. | United Kingdom | |
| 1890 | Technology | The entire London train fleet starts using electrical engines. This marks the beginning of the new era of urban rapid transit systems.[2] | United Kingdom |
| 1890s | Steam powered passenger trains in England carry people living in the country to cities for work and for pleasure. City people travel by train to the countryside or the seaside. On some trains there are carriages with bedrooms, called sleeping cars, and restaurants and bathrooms have been added.[1] | United Kingdom | |
| 1892 | The diesel engine is invented by German engineer, Rudolf Diesel.[1] | Germany | |
| 1901 | The first electric monorail is built in Germany and is still running. It hangs from an overhead track.[1] | Germany | |
| 1930s | Diesel trains were introduced in the 1930s. These trains were faster, quieter and cleaner than steam trains, and meant passengers had a more comfortable ride and can carry much heavier loads than steam engines. | ||
| 1964 | Japan's Shinkansen high-speed train, often called 'bullet train', becomes the first high speed train in service.[1] | Japan | |
| 1970-1975 | Light rail vehicles come into use. These would replace trains in some places.[1] | ||
| 2004 | The Shanghai Transrapid Line in China becomes the first commercial high-speed maglev train line to run.[1] | China |
Meta information on the timeline
How the timeline was built
The initial version of the timeline was written by User:Sebastian.
Funding information for this timeline is available.
What the timeline is still missing
History of rail transport, [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
Timeline update strategy
See also
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Rail transportation: a timeline". kidcyber.com.au. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "History of Rail Transport". trainhistory.net. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs named1879_.E2.80.93_Siemens_presents_the_world.E2.80.99s_first_electric_railway_with_an_external_power_source - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "The History of the Railroad". thoughtco.com. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ↑ "Biography of Richard Trevithick: Locomotive Pioneer". thoughtco.com. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Trains 1830 to 1900". historylearningsite.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ↑ "1816 – Werner von Siemens is born in Lenthe, near Hanover". siemens.com. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
