flourished. Railroad construction triggered a further round of industrialisation. Starting in 1860, trains on the line from St. Petersburg and Warsaw stopped in Daugavpils, with Riga added in 1861. In the

which linked the extensive watershed of Lake Saimaa with the Gulf of Finland. Starting in 1862, trains traversed the first railway line running inland from Helsinki, and the vital link to St. Petersburg

capacity was gradually increased. The victims underwent a strictly rationalised process. Special trains from the European countries controlled by Germany brought about 1000 Jews at a time. Up to 90% were

Russia also became involved in railway construction - not least for strategic reasons: from 1904, trains of the Trans-Siberian Railway rolled through Kazakhstan, from 1906 the Trans-Aral Railway from Orenburg

link between Warsaw, at that time under Russian rule, and the Austro-Hungarian border. From 1851 trains ran between St. Petersburg and Moscow. These lines were financed primarily with foreign capital and

ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF SAN MARINO Listen Since the 12th century, this small state has been able to maintain its independence throughout. Even after the founding of the Italian nation state in 18

industry is its Printing Office, founded by Sixtus V as early as 1587. In 1934, a railway station for trains of the Italian state railways was built in the gardens behind St. Peter's Basilica. The first pope

the Royal Canal in 1817 and the Ulster Canal in 1841 improved domestic transportation. From 1834, trains travelled between Dublin and Wicklow, and shortly after that to all the larger towns. Irish engineers

a fashionable, rectangular grid, street pattern, that is still well preserved. In 1867, the first train towards Odessa rolled out of the railway station in Tiraspol in today's Transnistria, east of the

a road and a tunnel in 1864, enabling the gradual emergence of Alpine tourism. Starting in 1872, trains of the Austrian railway “k.k. priv. Vorarlberger-Bahn” traversed the country, and a station was built

Bar was expanded and new rail links were planned to alleviate the massive transportation problems. Trains began service between Bar and Podgorica starting in 1959. The line was subsequently integrated in

Landholdings and businesses were nationalised, heavy industry was massively expanded. The first train went into service between Durrës and Pequin in 1947, and a rail network emerged over the following

received its first railway in 1884, linking Belgrade and Niš, the two most important cities. Soon, trains were also steaming to the Turkish and Bulgarian borders. The opening of the Serbian National Bank

in 1861. The rural population suffered under high unemployment. In the same year, 1861, the first trains rolled through Lithuania when Kaunas and Wirbalis were connected to the railway from Saint Petersburg

railway line, opened in 1854, from Eidsvoll on the southern edge of Lake Mjøsa to Kristiania, the trains transported mainly timber. From the northern end of the lake, where steamboats took over the transport

glass manufacturing. In the mid 19th century, construction of a railway network commenced: the first trains connected Lisbon and Porto in 1864, with a link to Spain following in 1866. As the new industries

transport routes - the early planning of the railway network proved to be a decisive step. In 1835, a train ran from Brussels to Mechelen - the first section of the long-distance line from Antwerp via the [...] the textile cities of Ghent and Bruges had already been connected to the port of Ostend. The first train was hauled by a British locomotive, but in the same year a Belgian locomotive rolled out of the Cockerill

Svätý Jur, opened in 1840 and soon extended to Vienna. Budapest was connected in 1850, and in 1872 trains were crossing the country from Košice in the east to the Czech town of Bohumín. Scheduled passenger

Coalbrookdale. The triumphant advance of the railway then began with more stable rolled rails: in 1825 a train transported coal and passengers for the first time. The locomotive came from the workshop of George

was excavated from 1866. Massive expansion was the result. Thanks to a new bridge over the Meuse, trains could access the southern provinces and more port facilities were built on the south bank of the