The Rise and Fall of National Rail Networks
Germany - The German Rail Network from 1835 Until Today Ireland - Irish Railway Stations 1834-2000 Switzerland - A Journey Through the History of Swiss Railways Japan - Japan's Railway from 1872 to today in 1825 George Stephenson’s Locomotion No. 1 pulled the world’s first steam-powered passenger train along the Stockton and Darlington Railway. Within a decade, the United Kingdom was in the grips of "Railway Mania," frantically laying down thousands of miles of iron track that forever altered the British landscape. The rest of the world quickly followed. Seeing the immense economic and industrial power of steam, nations across Europe, North America, and Asia rushed to build their own networks. Interactive mapped timelines now let us watch this massive infrastructure boom - and its post-war contraction - unfold in real time. In Europe, several projects have brilliantly captured the lifespan of national tracks. The Berliner-Morgenpost’s The German Rail Network f...
