<Li> c. 700 BC - A basic form of the railway , the rutway , - existed in ancient Greek and Roman times , the most important being the ship trackway Diolkos across the Isthmus of Corinth . Measuring between 6 and 8.5 km , remaining in regular and frequent service for at least 650 years , and being open to all on payment , it constituted even a public railway , a concept that , according to Lewis , did not recur until around 1800 . The Diolkos was reportedly used until at least the middle of the 1st century AD , after which no more written references appear . </Li>
<Li> c. 700 BC - A basic form of the railway , the rutway , - existed in ancient Greek and Roman times , the most important being the ship trackway Diolkos across the Isthmus of Corinth . Measuring between 6 and 8.5 km , remaining in regular and frequent service for at least 650 years , and being open to all on payment , it constituted even a public railway , a concept that , according to Lewis , did not recur until around 1800 . The Diolkos was reportedly used until at least the middle of the 1st century AD , after which no more written references appear . </Li>
when did the first train in the world
when did the first train in the world
c. 700 BC
c. 700 BC