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This dimension credits whoever first put a new kind of transport infrastructure into working use. A train station, Wikipedia notes, "generally consists of at least one platform, one track, and a station building providing such ancillary services as ticket sales, waiting rooms, and baggage/freight service," a shape a small number of early builders established before it became the norm. Browsing by pioneer highlights the person who proved a design worked before it was copied everywhere.

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Era of Emergence
450 BCE 1
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1. Wikipedia: Royal Road
WikipediaRoyal Road, Achaemenid reconstruction, Infrastructure category
Quote, Royal Road, Achaemenid reconstruction, Infrastructure category
reorganized and rebuilt for trade in the 5th century BCE by the Achaemenid Empire
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Gotthard Base Tunnel (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)Contains: Gotthard Base TunnelView the Source
Øresund Bridge (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)Contains: Øresund BridgeView the Source
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