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Old Sep 1, 2010 | 6:21 am
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Originally Posted by bjorns
....With the introduction of the railways in the 1830's, this was carried over from horse and carriage to the railways.

bjorns
... Which worked fine until Napoleon messed things up.

What I never understood is why that isn't always the case with railways; French and Belgian trains run on the left, but German ones run on the right.
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