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The first railway on the peninsula

Mataró, Maresme, Barcelona

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The first railway on the peninsula

Historical milestone · Mataró, Maresme, Barcelona

Image of Mataró, not of the place itself.

On 28 October 1848 the line from Barcelona to Mataró was inaugurated, the first railway of the Iberian peninsula, promoted by the indiano Miquel Biada. The twenty-eight kilometres of coastal route changed the economy of the comarca.

1848

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