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Which country has the oldest railway?
The United Kingdom holds the record for the world's oldest railway system, with the Stockton and Darlington Railway opening in 1825. While Egypt's system is the oldest in Africa and the Middle East, many European nations, like France and Germany, also have railway networks that predate Egypt's 1854 start.
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