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The first underground railway ran on steam

London's Metropolitan Railway opened in 1863 with steam locomotives in brick tunnels. Passengers travelled through smoke thick enough that ventilation shafts were cut into the streets.

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China built the world's largest high-speed rail network

More than 45,000 kilometres of high-speed track link its cities, with trains cruising at 350 km/h, longer than every other country's high-speed network put together.

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The Trans-Siberian crosses eight time zones

Running 9,289 kilometres from Moscow to Vladivostok, the world's longest railway takes about a week and passes Lake Baikal, the deepest lake on earth.

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