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Brief History of Rail Transit Development

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Abstract

Take history as a mirror to know the rise and fall. China has experienced a very “sad” process in history. The brilliant scientific and technological achievements of the Chinese nation were “buried” in the “dust” of history by the fatuous and incompetent feudal rulers.

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Zhang, X., Khan, M.M., Halimu, Y. (2023). Brief History of Rail Transit Development. In: Principles of Intelligent Rail Transit. Advances in High-speed Rail Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6072-7_1

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