However, a number of private public railways were opened in Norway between 1892 and 1956.
The first public railways were built as local rail links operated by small private railway companies.
However many minor railways, both public and industrial, were built to narrower gauges.
It also powered a special narrow-gauged public electric railway opened on 29 July 1909.
At the time he was possibly the youngest engineer of a public railway since the 1850s.
Horse-drawn public railways did not begin until the early years of the 19th century.
The first public railway, and the core of the present system, was constructed by the German Colonial government.
Stiege Station has the smallest terminal loop of any public railway.
It was the first public narrow-gauge railway in England.
This was a public railway (charging a toll) and opened for traffic in 1798.