Multiple choice general knowledge

The first ever fare paying passenger railway service started in the year?

  1. 1807

  2. 1808

  3. 1804

  4. 1812
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Explanation

The first fare-paying passenger railway service began in 1807 on the Swansea and Mumbles Railway in Wales. It used horse-drawn carriages to transport passengers. This predates steam-powered locomotives which came later in the early 1800s.

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