††Passenger travel effectively had its origins in 1457, when a horse-drawn coach was built in Hungary. This type of vehicle quickly spread through Europe.
A form of public transport began after Blaise Pascal suggested in 1662 that coaches in Paris could regularly run along set routes and charge a fee for the service.
Omnibuses began to run during the 1820s in France, and tramways appeared in 1830s in New York. The 19th century also saw the first commercial railway line, which was laid between Liverpool and Manchester and opened in 1830.
