The very first railways used horses for drawing trains. In England rails were first laid in the Newcastle district. In 1823 George Stephenson, English inventor and engineer established a factory at Newcastle to build steam locomotives. In 1829 Stephenson together with his son Robert designed a successful steam locomotive which he called the "Rocket". Its speed was 29 km/h. The main parts of the locomotives were a boiler, a fire-box, a chimney, a blast pipe, two cylinders with pistons, six wheels, and two big driving wheels. The first passenger railway in England was the railway from Liverpool to Manchester. In 1829 Shillibear started the first bus service in London. In 1885 the first buses with petrol engine appeared in London.
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На самых первых железных дорогах использовались лошади, которые тянули поезда. В Англии рельсы были впервые проложены в районе Ньюкасла. В 1823 году Джордж Стефенсон, английский изобретатель и инженер, основал в Ньюкасле завод по производству паровозов. В 1829 году Стефенсон вместе со своим сыном Робертом успешно разработал паровоз, который он назвал «Ракета». Его скорость была 29 км/ч. Основными частями паровозов были котел, топка, дымовая труба, патрубок для тяги, два цилиндра с поршнями, шесть колес и два больших ведущих колеса. Первой пассажирской железной дорогой в Англии была железная дорога из Ливерпуля в Манчестер. В 1829 году Шиллибер начал первые автобусные перевозки в Лондоне. В 1885 году в Лондоне появились первые автобусы с бензиновым двигателем.
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