government intervention in markets, market failure, externalities, economic efficiency, public goods and infrastructure, cost–benefit analysis
Britain was the first nation to develop a railway network. Steam-powered engines were used to carry heavy freight loads, such as coal. The first public passenger railway was the Stockton and Darlington Railway in the northeast of England, which was opened in 1825.
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