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on Railways in UK Britain was the first country in the world to successfully combine the power of high pressure steam and rail transportation. From this early 19th century invention things progressed rapidly all around UK and its neighbors and colonies. However, the networks were later nationalized and the era of very little progress succeeded the rapid expansion and development. The results of this unfortunate event are still well visible to a foreign visitor today. Only today with the first High speed line fully operational and serving the Channel Tunnel the UK is seriously considering what kind of modernization would be appropriate. Given at the starting point mostly obsolete infrastructure the current privately operated train companies are surviving miraculously well, including Eurostar Group, Virgin Trains, Great Northern, Keolis and several others. Today, the organizing of the British railroading could be a lesson to learn from to all other European countries, so well the competition is working! 
Britains Infrastructure
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Where it all begun... The beginnings of the railroad era were fascinating times! We will try to document some aspects of this in the future. Meanwhile you might be interested in our Timeline history section. St
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With its very limited loading gauge and high platforms the British trains look quite different from any other European nation, North America and many other places.
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Why not see some of the pictures from UK found on the 4rail.net and pick the ones you are most interested in? United
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