Timeline Friday 20 September 1839

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Friday 20 September 1839

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1839 First railway: Amsterdam–Haarlem The industrial age arrives The Netherlands' first railway opens between Amsterdam and Haarlem, beginning the slow industrialisation of a nation long built on trade and agriculture.

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