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In 1830, the world's first railway opened between Liverpool and Manchester. By the end of the century, there were 200,000 miles of track across the world, and this continued unabated into the 20th century, with the world's longest, the Trans Siberian, completed in 1916.
By the time Harry Beck produced his influential London Underground map in 1933, cities and whole countries had been re-shaped by the possibilities of mass transit.
Author, commentator and railway historian Christian Wolmar charts how the iron road spread so rapidly and extensively.
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2016-11-29 2016-11-29 Europe/London Global Conquest: How Railways took over the World Railway historian Christian Wolmar charts how the iron road spread so rapidly and extensively. https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/calendar/2016/11/29/global-conquest-how-railways-took-over-the-world-117899 British Library,96 Euston Road, London, London,Location
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