railroad timeline

On May 5, the first

continental line
opens in Belgium,
Scottish engineer between Brussels
James Watt invents first steam and Mechelen
the steam engine. locomotive, by
richard trevitchick.
1769 1804 1835

1802 1814

first public railway George

line to south Stephenson builds
London his first Blucher
locomotive.
The Spanish one is the company
the first steam first electric tram serveis ferroviaris
locomotive built in in spain: san de mallorca is
Spain. sebastián tram established
1897
1853 1994

1890 1990

Electricity is world record for

introduced into electric traction: the
the London TGV 325 branch of
Underground the French TGV
allowing the reaches 515.3 km/h
construction of
large
underground
first commercial The section
service of the between Camp de
Euromed high- Tarragona and
speed train. Lleida of the LAV
Madrid is
1997 2008
inaugurated.

2002 2014
September 28: start of technology on the
the Lav Madird- market
Segovia-Valladolid
guadarrama tunnels.
innovations of high-
speed trains with
comforts and the latest