SIBERIAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF RAILWAY TRANSPORT

Start of construction of the first public railway in Russia

In 1834, at the invitation of the mining department, the Austrian engineer Franz von Gerstner arrived in Russia, who made a proposal to Emperor Nicholas I to build a

Start of construction of the first public railway in Russia

In 1836, the emperor promulgated a decree on the construction of the Tsarskoye Selo railway. Within a few months, a launch site was built from Bolshoy Kuzmin to Pavlovsk.

Opening of the first public railway in Russia

The official grand opening of the first public railway in Russia: St. Petersburg - Tsarskoe Selo took place on October 30, 1837.

SUMMARY POINTS

We learned that passenger train traffic began in the 19th century. The first passenger road was opened in 1837.

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