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The Cygnian railway network is among the oldest in the world. It began to emerge at the start of industrialisation in the 1830s, with the first railways being built by private companies. State governments over the course of the next century gradually acquired these companies or established their own from scratch until by the 1930s, almost the entire rail network had been nationalised by the state governments. This is still the case today. Some larger or island states, such as and, have their own networks, while other states share regional networks, such as the , which serves ,  and 's rural rail network.