First century BCE Romans used spring wagons for overland journeys. With the decline of the these civilizations these techniques almost disappeared.

In 1601 a short-lived law was passed in England banning the use of carriages by men, it being considered effeminate. It was said that the Hungarian town of Koczi gave its name to this comfortable vehicle. The wagon of Koczi became popular in Europe as  Kutsche, Koets, Coach, Coche et cetera. The luxury of springs facilitated travelling and from then on various types of carriages were built.

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in the 17th century,Better spring vehicles were developed .

in the 18th century,steel blades replaced the leather springs. Industrially produced springs, axles and other metal parts improved the quality of the carriages. Moreover, it was possible to lower the production costs and to develop numerous different models based on standard parts. Every local cartwright could design his own coach.New lighter and more fashionably varied conveyances, with fanciful new names, began to compete with one another.

The 19th century was the Golden Age of the carriage.Cartwrights became industrialists. Carriage factories were founded in many countries.Few rich Europeans continued to use their posting coaches for long-distance travel: a first-class railway carriage was the faster modern alternative. the 1890s, just as automobiles came into use, “coaching” became an upper-class sport in Britain .

 Horse-drawn carriages were once common worldwide, but they have mostly been replaced by automobiles and other forms of self-propelled transport.Now Horse Carriages have become antiquities, and nowadays only one type is still in development: the marathon horse carriages (Now we have many kinds of marathon carriages).