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When did regular rail service begin?

The first steam locomotive appeared in 1803, the first commercial railway in 1812, and the first permanent public railway in 1825. However, the first flights were not made regularly, but as needed, as people were afraid of the cast-iron puffing hulks. The first regular railway line, which used steam traction, appeared in 1830. All this took place in England.

In Russia, the first steam-powered locomotive (a locomotive is a self-propelled rail vehicle that can pull cars behind it), in other words, a steam locomotive, was designed by father and son Cherepanovs in 1834. It was a platform on four wheels with a boiler, two steam engine cylinders and a tender - a special water tank.

The first railway (from St. Petersburg to Tsarskoye Selo) was opened in 1837.

Author: Cellarius E.Yu.

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