Years in rail transport
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Before 1700
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| 1700 | 1701 | 1702 | 1703 | 1704 | 1705 | 1706 | 1707 | 1708 | 1709 | Cat:1700s |
| 1710 | 1711 | 1712 | 1713 | 1714 | 1715 | 1716 | 1717 | 1718 | 1719 | Cat:1710s |
| 1720 | 1721 | 1722 1722 in rail transport - Unknown date events :* Opening of the Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway, the first wagonway in Scotland, from the coal pits at Tranent to Cockenzie harbour in East Lothian .... |
1723 | 1724 | 1725 | 1726 | 1727 | 1728 | 1729 1729 in rail transport - Unknown date events :* First known use of cast iron wheels on a wagonway, in the Coalbrookdale district of Shropshire, England.... |
Cat:1720s |
| 1730 | 1731 | 1732 | 1733 | 1734 | 1735 | 1736 | 1737 1737 in rail transport - September births :* September 19 - Charles Carroll of Carrollton, signer of the Declaration of Independence and a co-founder of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad .... |
1738 | 1739 | Cat:1730s |
| 1740 | 1741 | 1742 | 1743 | 1744 | 1745 | 1746 | 1747 | 1748 | 1749 | Cat:1740s |
| 1750 | 1751 | 1752 | 1753 | 1754 | 1755 1755 in rail transport - September births :* September 13 - Oliver Evans, pioneering steam locomotive designer and inventor .... |
1756 | 1757 | 1758 1758 in rail transport -June events:* June 9 - The Middleton Railway is the first in Great Britain to be granted powers by Act of Parliament. It was built by Charles Brandling to carry coal from his pits at Middleton into Leeds and was at this time a wooden, horse-drawn wagonway with a gauge of 4 ft 1 in ;... |
1759 | Cat:1750s |
| 1760 | 1761 | 1762 | 1763 1763 in rail transport -December births:* December 28 - John Molson, established the Champlain and Saint Lawrence Railroad, the first railway into Canada .... |
1764 | 1765 1765 in rail transport -Unknown date births:* Matthew Murray, English steam engine manufacturer .... |
1766 | 1767 1767 in rail transport - May births :* May 31 - Edward Pease, first owner of the Stockton and Darlington Railway .... |
1768 | 1769 | Cat:1760s |
| 1770 | 1771 1771 in rail transport -April births:* April 13 - Richard Trevithick, English inventor and steam locomotive builder .-June births:* June 13 - William James, English railway promoter .... |
1772 | 1773 | 1774 | 1775 | 1776 | 1777 | 1778 | 1779 | Cat:1770s |
| 1780 1780 in rail transport -January births:* January 26 - John Urpeth Rastrick, English steam locomotive builder and partner in Foster, Rastrick and Company .- October births :* October 25 - Philip Hone, first president of Delaware and Hudson Railway 1825-1826 .... |
1781 1781 in rail transport -June births:* June 9 - George Stephenson, English steam locomotive builder.... |
1782 1782 in rail transport -Unknown date births:* Joseph Treffry , railway promoter in Cornwall, England .... |
1783 1783 in rail transport -Events:* Halbeath Railway opens from the colliery at Halbeath to the harbour at Inverkeithing, Scotland.... |
1784 1784 in rail transport -Births:*December 30 - Stephen H. Long, American steam locomotive mechanical engineer who helped build the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad .... |
1785 1785 in rail transport -Unknown date births:* Sir William Cubitt, civil engineer on the South Eastern and Great Northern Railways of England .... |
1786 1786 in rail transport -December births:* December 22 - Timothy Hackworth, English steam locomotive builder .-Unknown date births:* William T. James, American inventor of the link motion and spark arrester .-References:... |
1787 1787 in rail transport - Unknown date events :* First production of all-iron edge rail , at Plymouth Ironworks, Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales.* First introduction of plateway , at Sheffield Park Colliery, Yorkshire, England, by John Curr.... |
1788 1788 in rail transport - Unknown date events :* First introduction of plateway for surface use, at Wingerworth Iron Foundry, Derbyshire, England, by Joseph Butler.... |
1789 1789 in rail transport - Unknown date events :* Oliver Evans is awarded a U.S. patent for his "steam carriage," a design that is believed by some historians to have influenced Richard Trevithick's work on early steam locomotives.- October births :... |
Cat:1780s |
| 1790 1790 in rail transport -Unknown date events:* The world's first railway viaduct, which became known as the "Covered Bridge", is built at Blaenavon in South Wales for a horse-worked tramway carrying coal to the ironworks coke ovens. It is long with 10 arches and tall.... |
1791 1791 in rail transport -Unknown date births:* John Brandt, American steam locomotive builder... |
1792 1792 in rail transport - Unknown date births :* Thomas Rogers, founder of Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor .... |
1793 1793 in rail transport -Unknown date births:* Holmes Hinkley, American steam locomotive manufacturer .... |
1794 1794 in rail transport -May births:* May 27 – Cornelius Vanderbilt, American financier who created the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad from the merger of several smaller railroads in New York .-October births:... |
1795 1795 in rail transport - Unknown date events :* A wooden railway on Beacon Hill in Boston carried excavations down the hill to clear the land for the State House-December births:* December 10 - Matthias W. Baldwin, American steam locomotive manufacturer .-Unknown date births:... |
1796 1796 in rail transport - February births :* February - Morris Ketchum, partner in Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor, director of Illinois Central Railroad... |
1797 1797 in rail transport -July:* July 29 - Daniel Drew, board member and financier of the Erie Railroad .-Unknown date:* Asa Whitney, one of the first backers of an American Transcontinental Railway.... |
1798 1798 in rail transport -Events:* The Lake Lock Rail Road near Wakefield opens.* First known use of cast-iron chaired 'fish-belly' edge-rails, at Walker Colliery near Newcastle upon Tyne.... |
1799 1799 in rail transport -April events:* April 15 - The Earl of Carlisle’s waggonway opens from coal pits owned by George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle around Lambley to Brampton, Cumbria, England.- January births :... |
Cat:1790s |
1800
| 1800 1800 in rail transport -Events:* Legbrannock Waggonway opened by William Dixon to move coal from Legbrannock colliery on the Woodhall Estate to the Monkland Canal at Calderbank, an early example of a railway in Scotland.-March births:... |
1801 1801 in rail transport -December events:*December 24 – Richard Trevithick demonstrates the first full-sized road locomotive to the public, successfully carrying a number of men up Beacon Hill.-July births:... |
1802 1802 in rail transport -March events:* March 24 - Andrew Vivian and Richard Trevithick of Cornwall, England, are granted the first British patent for a steam engine for propelling carriages and other purposes.-June events:... |
1803 1803 in rail transport -May events:* May - First section of Carmarthenshire Railway opens, the first public railway in Wales.-July events:* July 26 - The Surrey Iron Railway opens, first public railway in England.- June births :... |
1804 1804 in rail transport -February events:* February 21 - The Cornishman Richard Trevithick's newly-built "Penydarren" steam locomotive operates on the Merthyr Tramroad between Penydarren Ironworks in Merthyr Tydfil and Abercynon in South Wales, following several trials since February 13, the world's first locomotive to... |
1805 1805 in rail transport -June births:* June 15 - William Butler Ogden, president of the Chicago and North Western Railway .- August births :* August 9 - Joseph Locke, English civil engineer who became Chief Engineer on the Grand Junction Railway -June births:* June 15 - William Butler Ogden, president of the Chicago and... |
1806 1806 in rail transport - April births :* April 9 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel, founder of Great Western Railway, is born .- December births :* December 19 - Benjamin Henry Latrobe, II, designer of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Thomas Viaduct , is born .... |
1807 1807 in rail transport -March events:* March 25 - The first railway passenger service begins, on the Oystermouth Railway in South Wales. The cars are drawn by horses.-December births:* December 16 - William H. Aspinwall, American financier who helped build the Panama Railway .... |
1808 1808 in rail transport - February events :* February 8 – The Washington Bridge Company is granted authority in Washington, D.C., to build the Long Bridge over the Potomac River, a bridge that will eventually be rebuilt to carry the first railroad tracks to cross the river.... |
1809 1809 in rail transport -Unknown date events:* Opening of Poldice Railway, Cornwall, England.* Dr Richard Griffiths opens the "Doctor's Tramroad" connecting collieries with the Glamorganshire Canal system at Treforest in South Wales... |
Cat:1800s |
| 1810 1810 in rail transport -May events:* May 24 - Monmouth Railway authorised by Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom for a railway or tramroad from the Forest of Dean to Monmouth, on the Welsh Borders, including provision to charge for passengers.- Unknown date events :... |
1811 1811 in rail transport - Events :* Elizabeth Evans is paid for cleaning the road of the Oystermouth Railway in South Wales, the first recorded female railway employee.- August births :... |
1812 1812 in rail transport - July events :* July 6 - The Kilmarnock and Troon Railway becomes the first public railway line to open in Scotland. It begins life as a 9.5-mile , double track gauge, horse-drawn waggonway to carry coal from Kilmarnock to Troon harbour; the engineer was William Jessop.- August events :* August... |
1813 1813 in rail transport -Events:* Passenger services begin on the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway, the first such service in Scotland.-February births:... |
1814 1814 in rail transport -Events:-July events:* July 25 - George Stephenson puts his first steam locomotive in service, the Blücher for Killingworth Colliery on Tyneside in England.- January births :... |
1815 1815 in rail transport - February events :* February 6 - The first railroad charter in the United States is issued to the New Jersey Railroad Company, a railroad that ultimately was never built.- July events :... |
1816 1816 in rail transport -Unknown date events:* Richard Trevithick moves to Peru with the intention of designing and building steam locomotives for mining operations there.- January births :... |
1817 1817 in rail transport - July births :* July 1 - Hugh J. Jewett, president of the Erie Railroad 1874–1884 .* July 15 - John Fowler, British civil engineer .- October births :* October 2 - Webster Wagner, founder of Wagner Palace Car Company .... |
1818 1818 in rail transport - Events :* November 13 – Public meeting in Darlington, England, resolves to promote a Stockton and Darlington Railway.- July births :* July 22 – J. Gregory Smith, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1866-1872, is born .... |
1819 1819 in rail transport -June events:* June 24 - James Foster and John Urpeth Rastrick partner to form Foster, Rastrick and Company, the English firm that built the first steam locomotives for the Delaware and Hudson Railroad.- October births :... |
Cat:1810s |
| 1820 1820 in rail transport -Events:* May 1 - The Kington Tramway, a horse-worked plateway, is opened from Eardisley to Kington, Herefordshire, England. Together with the Hay Railway it forms a continuous system 36 miles in length, the longest in the United Kingdom at this date.... |
1821 1821 in rail transport -April event:* April 19 - Stockton and Darlington Railway is authorised by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.-May births:* May 8 - William Henry Vanderbilt, son of Cornelius Vanderbilt and president of the New York Central system .-August births:... |
1822 1822 in rail transport - May events :* May 24 – The first rail of the Stockton and Darlington Railway is laid in ceremonial style at Stockton-on-Tees by the Chairman of the company, Thomas Meynell.-November events:... |
1823 1823 in rail transport - June events :* June 23 - Robert Stephenson, his father George Stephenson, Edward Pease and Michael Longridge form Robert Stephenson and Company in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, to build steam locomotives.- September births :... |
1824 1824 in rail transport - October events :* October 29 - Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, in England, issues its first prospectus.- December events :* December 31 - George Stephenson, his son Robert Stephenson, Edward Pease and Michael Longridge form George Stephenson and Company, a railway construction... |
1825 1825 in rail transport -April events:* April 19 - The La Plaisance Bay Harbor Company receives a charter to build a half-mile railroad in Monroe, Michigan, the first charter issued in the area that will become that state.-June events:... |
1826 1826 in rail transport -April events:* April 1 - Construction begins in Massachusetts on the Granite Railway, one of the first railroads in North America, under the direction of Gridley Bryant.... |
1827 1827 in rail transport -September events:* September 7 - Opening of the first railway in Austro-Hungary, a horse-worked line from České Budějovice to Trojanov .-Unknown date events:... |
1828 1828 in rail transport -February events:* February - The Chesterfield Railroad, the first railroad built in Virginia is chartered.- March events :* March 24 - Pennsylvania's first state-owned railway, the Philadelphia and Columbia Railway, is authorized by the state legislature.... |
1829 1829 in rail transport - August events :* August 8 - The Stourbridge Lion, the first steam locomotive delivered to the Delaware and Hudson Railway, operates for the first time in Honesdale, Pennsylvania.... |
Cat:1820s |
| 1830 1830 in rail transport -January events:* January 7 – The Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road opens its first section, 1½ miles , in Baltimore, Maryland.* January 9 – Ground is broken in Charleston, South Carolina, for the first railroad to use steam locomotives in South Carolina, the South Carolina Canal and... |
1831 1831 in rail transport -February events:* February 18 - The West Chester Railroad is chartered in Pennsylvania.-April events:* April 23 - the Pontchartrain Rail-Road begins operation.* April 25** Matthias W... |
1832 1832 in rail transport - May events :* May 23 - The Festiniog Railway Company Incorporated by Act of Parliament to build a railway from Festiniog to Portmadoc in North Wales for the carriage of slate and other minerals.-June events:... |
1833 1833 in rail transport -February events:* February 15 - The Western Railroad of Massachusetts is chartered to build a railroad between Worcester, Massachusetts, and the New York state line.-May events:... |
1834 1834 in rail transport -January events:* January 30 - Construction on the first railroad in Kentucky, linking Lexington and Frankfort, is completed.-February events:* February 25 - The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad is formed to connect cities in Virginia.-March events:... |
1835 1835 in rail transport - May events :*May 5 - The first steam-worked passenger railway in continental Europe is opened, covering the 23 km between Brussels and Mechelen in Belgium.- July events :... |
1836 1836 in rail transport -January events:* January 16 - The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, the oldest portion of what is to become the Chicago and North Western Railway, is chartered.-February events:* February 5 - Henry R... |
1837 1837 in rail transport -April events:* April 24 - The Leipzig-Dresdner Eisenbahn, the first major railway line to be built between important cities in Germany, begins passenger operations... |
1838 1838 in rail transport - January events :* January 1 - The United States government contracts with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to carry mail; the B&O is the first railroad to be awarded such a contract in the U.S.... |
1839 1839 in rail transport -January events:* January 1 - The New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company opens its route between Trenton and New Brunswick, New Jersey.-March events:* March 4 - William F... |
Cat:1830s |
| 1840 1840 in rail transport - March events :* 9 March – The Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad is completed from Wilmington to Weldon, North Carolina. At 161.5 miles , it is the world's longest railroad at this time.- April events :... |
1841 1841 in rail transport -March events:* March 1 – Opening throughout of the Manchester and Leeds Railway, the first to cross the Pennines of England .* March 29 – The Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway opened between Glasgow Bridge Street railway station and Greenock.... |
1842 1842 in rail transport -January events:* January 2 — Commencement of operation of the Railway Clearing House in London, established to settle the division of payments for through traffic over different railways in Britain.... |
1843 1843 in rail transport -January events:* January 3 - The Great Western Railway of England officially opens its Swindon Works.- February events :* February 25 - The Grand Duke of Hesse and Grand Duke of Baden in present day Germany agree to construct the Main-Neckar-Eisenbahn from Heidelberg to a connection with the state... |
1844 1844 in rail transport -February events:* February 7 - The South Eastern Railway is officially opened throughout from London to Dover.-March events:* March 29 - Atmospheric railway opened between Kingstown and Dalkey in Ireland.-May events:* May 6 - J. M. W... |
1845 1845 in rail transport -July events:* July — James Hooper succeeds Eleazer Lord as president of the Erie Railroad.* 21 July — An unprecedented number of railway acts receive Royal Assent from Queen Victoria in the United Kingdom as the railway mania approaches its peak, Parliament having sanctioned of new... |
1846 1846 in rail transport -January events:* January 13 - Opening of the Milan–Venice railway's bridge over the Venetian Lagoon between Mestre and Venice in Italy.-March events:* March 26 - John M... |
1847 1847 in rail transport - February events :* February 26 – The Somerville and Easton Railroad, a predecessor of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, is chartered.-March events:* March 9 – The Richmond and Danville Railroad is chartered in Virginia.... |
1848 1848 in rail transport -February events:* February 15 - The Caledonian Railway is opened throughout between Edinburgh, Carstairs and Carlisle, completing a through rail route by the West Coast Main Line and providing the first service of through carriages between Scotland and England.... |
1849 1849 in rail transport - February events :* February 20 - The Scioto and Hocking Valley Railroad is chartered in Ohio to build a railroad from Portsmouth through Piketon and Chillicothe to Lancaster.- March events :... |
Cat:1840s |
| 1850 1850 in rail transport - May events :* May 13 — The Mecklenburgische Eisenbahngesellschaft opens the Rostock-Bützow-Bad Kleinen and Güstrow-Bützow railway lines in northern Germany.-August events:... |
1851 1851 in rail transport -February events:* February 4 - The Cincinnati, Wilmington and Zanesville Railroad is incorporated in Ohio.* February 7 - the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad, the earliest predecessor of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, is incorporated.... |
1852 1852 in rail transport -July events:* July 14 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Chepstow Bridge is opened to traffic, completing the South Wales Railway throughout from Gloucester to Swansea.-October events:... |
1853 1853 in rail transport -January events:* January 25 - The Cincinnati, Cambridge and Chicago Short Line Railway, a predecessor of Pennsylvania Railroad, is incorporated in Indiana to build from New Castle southeast via Cambridge to the Ohio state line.... |
1854 1854 in rail transport -January events:* January 16 - The permanent London Paddington station, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Great Western Railway of England, is opened.-February events:... |
1855 1855 in rail transport -January events:* January 8 - The first through train travels the entire distance from Chicago to the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois.* January 28 - The Panama Railway becomes the first railroad to connect the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean as the first train travels the entire... |
1856 1856 in rail transport - January events :* January - Opening throughout of first railroad in Africa and the Middle East, from Alexandria to Cairo, Egypt .* January 29 - The 223-mile North Carolina Railroad is completed from Goldsboro through Raleigh and Salisbury to Charlotte.... |
1857 1857 in rail transport -January events:* January 13 - Thaddeus Fairbanks is awarded for a railroad scale.- February events :* February 9 - The Central Pacific Railroad is incorporated in Nebraska Territory to build a railroad from the Missouri River through the Rocky Mountains to Washington Territory.* February 18 - The... |
1858 1858 in rail transport -May events:* May - First known slip coach working, at Haywards Heath on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.-July events:* June 17 - The Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad opens, operating 95 miles from Goldsboro to New Bern, North Carolina.... |
1859 1859 in rail transport - February events :* February 11 — The Atchison and Topeka Railroad Company, forerunner of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, is chartered in Kansas.* February 13 — Hannibal and St... |
Cat:1850s |
| 1860 1860 in rail transport - April events :* April 23 - The Staten Island Railway starts operations in Staten Island, New York; this is now the oldest rapid transit right-of-way in New York City, but is operated separately from the New York City Subway.- May events :... |
1861 1861 in rail transport -February events:* February 22 - Passenger service begins on Strasburg Rail Road with a visit from Abraham Lincoln.-April events:* April - Nathaniel Marsh succeeds Samuel Marsh as president of the Erie Railroad.-May events:... |
1862 1862 in rail transport -January events:* January - United States Military Railroad is authorized by the United States Congress to coordinate military operation of designated railroads during the American Civil War.* January 1 - Maj. Gen... |
1863 1863 in rail transport -January events:* January 8 - Ground is broken by the Central Pacific Railroad in Sacramento, California, on the western half of the First Transcontinental Railroad in North America.... |
1864 1864 in rail transport -January events:* The Central Pacific Railroad hires its first Chinese workers. One of them, Hung Wah, will go on to command the largest and longest-working work crew on the CPRR.... |
1865 1865 in rail transport - January events :* January 5 - The Festiniog Railway in North Wales officially opens to passengers, the first narrow gauge railway in the British Isles to do so.... |
1866 1866 in rail transport - June events :* June 20 - The Great Southern and Western Railway of Ireland introduces the first of its Class 101 0-6-0 goods locomotive from its Inchicore Works, Dublin... |
1867 1867 in rail transport - May events :* May 7 - The Windsor and Annapolis Railway is incorporated in Nova Scotia.- August events :* August 21 - The Mount Morgan Railway in Queensland, Australia, opens between Rockhampton and Westwood via Kabra.... |
1868 1868 in rail transport -January events:* January 1 – Construction begins on the Colorado and Clear Creek Railroad mainline that will connect Denver to Golden, Colorado.* January 3 – The Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids Railroad is incorporated in Michigan.... |
1869 1869 in rail transport -January events:* January 9 - Government of India resolves not to create new guaranteed railway companies, thus determining future relationships between private enterprise and state in railway development.... |
Cat:1860s |
| 1870 1870 in rail transport - January events :* January 20 - The Elizabeth City and Norfolk Railroad, which later became the original Norfolk Southern Railroad, is chartered to build a railroad line between Norfolk, Virginia, and Elizabeth City, North Carolina.- February events :... |
1871 1871 in rail transport -February events:* February 10 - Launceston and Western Railway opens as the first line in Tasmania, Australia, of 5 ft 3 in gauge between Deloraine and Launceston.-June events:... |
1872 1872 in rail transport -March events:* March – John A. Dix succeeds Jay Gould as president of the Erie Railroad.* March 1 – Jackson and Woodin Manufacturing Company, one of the constituent companies of American Car and Foundry Company, is incorporated in Pennsylvania.... |
1873 1873 in rail transport - January events :* January 21 - The New York, Boston and Montreal Railway is organized as a renaming of the New York, Boston and Northern Railway.-April events:* April 2 - The first sleeping car is introduced in Britain, on Anglo-Scottish services.... |
1874 1874 in rail transport -January events:* January 27 - The Bo'ness Junction rail crash in Falkirk, Scotland kills 16 people.-May events:* May 1 - Construction begins on the Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad, the first railroad to be built in Seattle, Washington, United States.... |
1875 1875 in rail transport - February events :* February 9 - The first train passes through the Hoosac Tunnel in Massachusetts.- March events :* March 24 - The Mayor of Los Angeles, California, approves a measure to allow the Spring and Sixth Street Railroad, a predecessor of the Pacific Electric Railway, to extend its line... |
1876 1876 in rail transport -January events:* January 1 – The Bristol and Exeter Railway, in England, is amalgamated into the Great Western Railway.-February events:* February 1 – The South Devon Railway, in England, is amalgamated into the Great Western Railway.... |
1877 1877 in rail transport -May events:* May 1 - Opening of first railway in Burma , from Rangoon to Prome .-July events:* July 14 - Workers on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad walk off their jobs in an act that is seen as the start of the great railroad strike of 1877.* July 16 - Railroad workers on strike in Martinsburg,... |
1878 1878 in rail transport - January events :* January 18 - Construction on The Ghan route south of Port Augusta, Australia, begins.- February events :* February 5 - The first train is operated on the Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad from Renton to Newcastle.- May events :... |
1879 1879 in rail transport - January events :* January 28 – Construction of the Waimea Plains Railway, the first railway constructed under the District Railways Act of 1878, reaches Inverrcagill, New Zealand.- February events :... |
Cat:1870s |
| 1880 1880 in rail transport - February events :* February 9 - The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, building southwestward from Kansas, reaches Santa Fe, New Mexico.* February 12 - The Tawas and Bay County Railroad in Michigan purchases the Lake Huron and Southwestern Railway.... |
1881 1881 in rail transport - January events :* January 17 - Regular train service over the Prince of Wales Bridge on the Québec, Montréal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway begins.-February events:... |
1882 1882 in rail transport -January events:* January 1 - Opening to traffic of the Gotthard Tunnel , completing the Gotthardbahn in Switzerland.* January 2 - Building northward from San Diego, California Southern Railroad tracks reach Fallbrook, California.... |
1883 1883 in rail transport -January events:* January 10 – The Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway enters bankruptcy and is sold at foreclosure.* January 12 – The second transcontinental railroad line in North America is completed as the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks from Los Angeles, California, meet... |
1884 1884 in rail transport - February events :* February 22 - Brooks Locomotive Works completes its 1,000th new steam locomotive.- March events :* March 17 - The Southern Pacific Railroad is incorporated in Kentucky.... |
1885 1885 in rail transport -February events:* February 12 - The Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway is incorporated in Missouri.* February 17 - The Southern Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad are combined under a single holding company, the Southern Pacific Company.... |
1886 1886 in rail transport - February events :* February 1 - The Mersey Railway opened to public traffic between Birkenhead and Liverpool by tunnel beneath the River Mersey, England.* February 18 - The Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad is incorporated in Mississippi.... |
1887 1887 in rail transport - January events :* January 28 – Jay Gould purchases the Little Rock, Mississippi River and Texas Railway at foreclosure then deeds it to the St... |
1888 1888 in rail transport - February events :* February 24 - Grand Trunk Railway acquires the Northern and Northwestern Railway.* February 29 – Opening of Listowel and Ballybunion monorail.- April events :... |
1889 1889 in rail transport - January events :* January 16 – The Mito Railway between Mito and Oyama, Japan, begins passenger train operations.* January 28 – The last passenger car of a Chicago and North Western Railroad train derails and overturns and is then dragged over tree stumps near Elmwood, Michigan;... |
Cat:1880s |
| 1890 1890 in rail transport - January events :* January 28 – Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad acquires a section of the McKeesport and Belle Vernon Railroad around Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania.- February events :* February 22 – Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St... |
1891 1891 in rail transport -January events:* January 28 – The railway trades unions of the United Kingdom put out demands for shorter working hours under threat of national strike action.-April events:... |
1892 1892 in rail transport - January events :* January 28 – California Southern Railroad abandons the section of railroad through Temecula Canyon connecting to Fallbrook.- March events :* March 1 – Japan's Mito Railway is consolidated into the Japanese National Railways.... |
1893 1893 in rail transport -January events:* January 1 - Coming into force of international convention on the transport of goods by rail in the principal contiguous states of Western Europe.... |
1894 1894 in rail transport -January events:* January 1 - Bangor and Aroostook Railroad begins rail service connecting Aroostook County, Maine to the United States rail network.-April events:... |
1895 1895 in rail transport -February events:* February 1 – The Kyoto Electric Railway, Japan's first electric tramway, begins operation from the centre of Kyoto to Fushimi.-May events:... |
1896 1896 in rail transport - January events :* January 23 - Construction begins on the Northwestern Elevated line of the Chicago 'L' with the first structure erected at the intersection of Fullerton and Sheffield Avenues.- February events :... |
1897 1897 in rail transport - March events :* March 24 - Construction begins on the Sierra Railway of California, now known as the Sierra Railroad, between Oakdale and Jamestown, California.- May events :... |
1898 1898 in rail transport -April events:* April 20 - Electrification of the South Side Elevated Railway in Chicago is completed ending all steam locomotive operations on the route. Multiple-unit train control is also introduced by railroad engineer Frank J. Sprague.-May events:... |
1899 1899 in rail transport - February events :* February 9 – Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway purchases the Minneapolis, New Ulm and Southern.- March events :* March 12 – Southern Railway in the United States inaugurates the Piedmont Limited passenger train service.... |
Cat:1890s |
1900
| 1900 1900 in rail transport - January events :* January 1 – The Pere Marquette Railroad is incorporated and created from the merger of the Flint and Pere Marquette Railway, Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad and Chicago and West Michigan Railway.... |
1901 1901 in rail transport -January events:* January 3 — The St. Louis Southwestern Railway purchases the Stuttgart and Arkansas River Railroad in Arkansas.-February events:* February — The Canadian Locomotive Company is formed from the assets of the bankrupt Canadian Locomotive and Engine Company.* February 2 — The body of... |
1902 1902 in rail transport - January events :* January 1 – The Swiss Federal Railways is formed through the merger and nationalization of several smaller railroads.* January 8 – A train collision occurs in the New York Central Railroad's Park Avenue Tunnel in New York City killing 17 people, injuring 38 and... |
1903 1903 in rail transport -January events:* January 20 – The Grand Trunk Western Railroad opens a passenger depot in Lansing, Michigan.* January 28 – Esmond Train Wreck: fourteen people are killed when the Crescent City Express collides head-on with the bound Pacific Coast Express -January events:* January 20... |
1904 1904 in rail transport - February events :* February 8 - Service begins on Canadian Pacific Railway's Maniwaki line between Hull, Québec and Maniwaki, Québec.-March events:... |
1905 1905 in rail transport -Events:- January events :* January 30 - The Halifax and South Western Railway opens, connecting Halifax to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.* January 31 - New York Central and Hudson River Railway officially takes control of Ottawa and New York Railway.-March events:... |
1906 1906 in rail transport - January events :* January 3 - At the annual stockholder's meeting, the charter for the Cleveland Short Line Railway is amended to specify Collinwood, Ohio and Rockport, Ohio as the terminals of the railroad.... |
1907 1907 in rail transport -February events:* February - Great Western Railway of England begins production of 'Star' Class 4-6-0 locomotives at its Swindon Works, beginning a series of successful 4-cylinder designs.-April events:* April 15 - William N... |
1908 1908 in rail transport - January events :* January 28 – Florida's Railroad Commissioners adopt rule number 12 of the state's general operating rules for railroads within the state; the rule mandates that railroad companies are required to immediately report by telegram any train wreck within the state beyond a... |
1909 1909 in rail transport -January events:* January 26 - The Jamestown, Franklin and Clearfield Railroad, a predecessor of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, is formed from the merger of four smaller railroads in Pennsylvania.... |
Cat:1900s |
| 1910 1910 in rail transport -January events:* January 3 – Tired of its cars being routed to the Boston and Maine Railroad by mistake, the Brookville and Mahoning Railroad of Pennsylvania changes its name to the Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad.... |
1911 1911 in rail transport -January events:* January 23 – The Pontypridd railway accident in South Wales kills 11 people.-May events:* May 12 – Electric trains begin work between London Victoria station and Crystal Palace... |
1912 1912 in rail transport - January events :* January 3 – Canadian Pacific Railway leases the Dominion Atlantic Railway in Nova Scotia.* January 22 – The Florida East Coast Railway opens its rail connection to Key West.-February events:... |
1913 1913 in rail transport -February events:* February 1 - New York City's Grand Central Terminal opens as the world's largest train station to date.-May events:* May 7 - Tracklaying begins on the Graysonia, Nashville and Ashdown Railroad between Murfreesboro and Shawmut, Arkansas.-July events:* July 15 - Opening of the... |
1914 1914 in rail transport - March events :* March 17 - A celebration is held in honor of the first train to arrive on the newly constructed Kansas City Southern Railway line in Hot Springs, Arkansas.- April events :... |
1915 1915 in rail transport -January events:* January 1 – The Ilford rail crash in England kills 10.* January 15 – The final spike is driven on the transcontinental Canadian Northern Railway at Basque, British Columbia.-March events:... |
1916 1916 in rail transport -April events:* April - Motor Rail deliver the first of over 900 petrol engined 60 cm narrow gauge railway locomotives for the British War Department Light Railways on the Western Front ; substantially the same design is in production until the 1980s.... |
1917 1917 in rail transport -February events:* February 27 - The Milwaukee Road completes the electrification of its line from Harlowton, Montana, to Avery, Idaho.-March events:* March 9 - Official opening of the Hell Gate Bridge in New York City.... |
1918 1918 in rail transport -February events:* February 3 – Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco, California, the longest streetcar tunnel in the world, opens.-March events:* March 19 – The United States Congress adopts Standard or "Railroad" time, in use since 1884, as the national standard.... |
1919 1919 in rail transport -March events:* March 5 – Rebuilt Helsinki Central railway station officially opened .-April events:* April 12 – Ryutaro Nomura succeeds Simbei Kunisawa for a second term as president of South Manchuria Railway.... |
Cat:1910s |
| 1920 1920 in rail transport - January events :* January 28 – Groundbreaking commences to begin construction of the Cincinnati Subway.-March events:* March 1 – Control of American railroads is returned to private ownership and administration with the disbandment of the USRA.... |
1921 1921 in rail transport -January events:* January 26 - Abermule train collision, Wales: faulty operation of Train Tablet leads to head on collision killing 17 people.- April events :... |
1922 1922 in rail transport - May events :* May 17 – The Arkansas Short Line Railroad, a predecessor of St. Louis Southwestern Railway, is incorporated.- July events :* July 1 – The Great Railroad Strike of 1922 begins in the United States, coinciding with a reduction in railroad shop wages by seven cents per day mandated by... |
1923 1923 in rail transport -January events:* January 1 – All major railways in Great Britain are amalgamated into the "Big Four" companies, the Great Western Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway and Southern Railway, under terms of Railways Act 1921.... |
1924 1924 in rail transport -March events:* March 12 – Electrification is completed on what is now Hamburg S-Bahn's Line 1 between Ohlsdorf and Poppenbüttel.* March 19 – Baldwin Locomotive Works completes the last locomotive commercially manufactured for Maine narrow gauge railroads.* March 31 – American Car... |
1925 1925 in rail transport -January events:* January 1 – Government of India takes over East Indian Railway Company.-February events:* February 3 – Great Indian Peninsular Railway inaugurates first section of Bombay suburban electrification out of Victoria Terminus.... |
1926 1926 in rail transport -May events:* May 1 - Burlington Refrigerator Express is formed as a joint venture between the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and the Fruit Growers Express .... |
1927 1927 in rail transport - January events :* January 1 - John J. Bernet succeeds Frederick D. Underwood as president of the Erie Railroad.- February events :* February 14 - The Hull Paragon rail accident in England kills 12 people,- June events :... |
1928 1928 in rail transport - June events :* June 13 - The first tests are performed with the first rail detector car, invented by Elmer Ambrose Sperry, in Beacon, New York. - September events :... |
1929 1929 in rail transport -Events:- January events :* First of an eventual 863 Great Western Railway 5700 Class 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotives to C. B. Collett's design completed at its Swindon Works, England.... |
Cat:1920s |
| 1930 1930 in rail transport -January events:* January 1 – The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway, Indiana, Columbus and Eastern and the Lima-Toledo Railroad merge to form the Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad... |
1931 1931 in rail transport -January events:* January 11 – The Boston and Maine Railroad runs its first “Snow Train” for skiers and other winter vacationers.-May events:* May 24 – The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad inaugurates the first air conditioned passenger train, the Columbian, between Jersey City, New Jersey, and... |
1932 1932 in rail transport -January events:* January 1** William Stanier succeeds Ernest Lemon as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.** Ralph Budd leaves the Great Northern Railway and becomes president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.... |
1933 1933 in rail transport -January events:* January – London Underground diagram designed by Harry Beck introduced to public.* January 1 – The Southern Railway's Southern Belle, a Pullman train running between London and Brighton, England, is re-equipped with electric multiple unit cars to replace steam power.* January 23 –... |
1934 1934 in rail transport -February events:* February - The Pullman Car Company completes construction on Union Pacific Railroad's M-10000 streamlined passenger trainset.* February 12 - Union Pacific takes delivery of M-10000, later known as the "City of Salina".-April events:... |
1935 1935 in rail transport -January events:* January 2 - Chicago and North Western Railway begins 400 passenger train service between Chicago, Illinois, and Saint Paul, Minnesota; it was so named because the 400 mile trip was intended to take 400 minutes, though that pace wasn't quite reached until a few months later... |
1936 1936 in rail transport -January events:* January 13 – Première of British documentary film Night Mail made by the GPO Film Unit.* January 29 – The Sørland Line in Norway takes electric traction into use between Kongsberg and Hjuksebø.-March events:... |
1937 1937 in rail transport -January events:* January – Electro-Motive Corporation introduces the EMC E2.* January 18 – The Østfold Line in Norway takes electric traction into use between Ljan and Kolbotn.-March events:... |
1938 1938 in rail transport -January events:* January 1 - Creation of SNCF , bringing the principal railway companies of France together under government control.-February events:... |
1939 1939 in rail transport - January events :* January – Electro-Motive Corporation introduces the SW1.- February events :* February – Electro-Motive Corporation introduces the NW2.- March events :* March 8 – Edward Engel succeeds Samuel T... |
Cat:1930s |
| 1940 1940 in rail transport -January events:* January 9 – The Østfold Line in Norway takes electric traction into use between Ås and Dilling.* January 14 – Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway discontinues the San Francisco-Los Angeles-Chicago Navajo.... |
1941 1941 in rail transport -February events:* February 10–March 11 – British Army constructs a 60 cm narrow gauge railway from Kassala in Sudan 90 km east to Tessenei in Eritrea to support military advance.... |
1942 1942 in rail transport -January events:* January 1 – Government of India takes over Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway and Assam Bengal Railway, merging the latter with the Eastern Bengal Railway to form the Bengal Assam Railway.-April events:... |
1943 1943 in rail transport -January events:* January 1 – First Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST steamed, earliest of 377 built for war service to British Ministry of Supply order.* January 16 – First WD Austerity 2-8-0 handed over to British Ministry of Supply, earliest of 935 built for war service.... |
1944 1944 in rail transport -January events:* January 3: Torre del Bierzo rail disaster in Leon Province, Spain. More than 500 are killed.-March events:* March 3: Balvano, Italy: A double-headed mixed train stalls in a tunnel. Five people survive, 521 are killed by carbon monoxide poisoning... |
1945 1945 in rail transport -January events:* January 1 - The national railway operator in the Republic of Ireland, Great Southern Railways, with responsibility for the southern part of the Irish railway network is merged into a new national transport operator, Córas Iompair Éireann .... |
1946 1946 in rail transport -January events:* January 1 - The Lichfield rail crash in England kills 20 people.* January 18 - The Harvey Girls, a movie starring Judy Garland and Ray Bolger and set in a Harvey House Hotel, makes its American debut... |
1947 1947 in rail transport -January events:* January 1 – The Companhia dos Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses is reconstituted and takes over concessions of most private railway companies in Portugal.... |
1948 1948 in rail transport In 1948, 14 railroads in North America owned more than 1,000 steam locomotives each. See also: Historical sizes of railroads- January events :* January 1 - All major railways in Great Britain are nationalised under terms of the Transport Act 1947, the Big Four British railway companies In 1948, 14... |
1949 1949 in rail transport -January events:* January 22 - The American Freedom Train tour, carrying the original versions of the United States Constitution, Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, officially ends in Washington, DC... |
Cat:1940s |
| 1950 1950 in rail transport -January events:* January 26 - To provide an all-India rail route to Assam following the Partition of India, the Northeast Frontier Railway opens to passengers a new line between Kishanganj and Fakiragram on which construction commenced only on January 26, 1948; also, Chittaranjan Locomotive... |
1951 1951 in rail transport - January events :* January - Fairbanks-Morse and Canadian Locomotive Company introduce the H-16-66 diesel locomotive.* January 11 - The San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway discontinues passenger train service.... |
1952 1952 in rail transport -January events:* January 13 - Union Pacific Railroad’s City of San Francisco is stalled in snow on Donner Pass. The train's passengers remain stranded in the train until January 16.-April events:... |
1953 1953 in rail transport -January events:* January 15 - The brakes fail on Pennsylvania Railroad's westbound Federal Express passenger train; the train barrels through the end of track barriers and stationmaster's office at Union Station in Washington, D.C., but nobody is killed in the accident.-March events:* March -... |
1954 1954 in rail transport -January events:* January 3 – The last steam locomotive powered passenger train departs Washington Union Station; Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad engine number 622 Carter Braxton pulls the train, leaving at approximately 1:40 PM bound for Richmond, Virginia.* January 8 – Southern... |
1955 1955 in rail transport -January events:* January - The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway's mainline is now completely under CTC.* January - Louisville and Nashville Railroad begins the merger process with the Nashville, Chattanooga and St... |
1956 1956 in rail transport - January events :* January 5 – The General Motors Electro-Motive Division “Aerotrain” makes its initial Chicago to Detroit test run.* January 11 – The Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway officially adopts its longtime nickname, Monon Railroad, as corporate title.* January 22 – Redondo... |
1957 1957 in rail transport -January events:* January 1 - The Chicago and North Western Railway leases the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway .* January 12 - Operations of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's Super Chief and El Capitan passenger trains are combined during off-peak seasons.* January 22 -... |
1958 1958 in rail transport -January events:* January - Unable to keep his promises to shareholders, Robert Ralph Young suspends dividends on New York Central stock.* January 1 - The Chicago and North Western Railway acquires the Litchfield and Madison Railway.-February events:... |
1959 1959 in rail transport -January events:* January 4 - Passenger service resumes on the Strasburg Rail Road for tourists.* January 5 - Foulridge railway station closes on the Midland Railway in Lancashire.-February events:... |
Cat:1950s |
| 1960 1960 in rail transport -January events:* January 1 – The New York Central Railroad drops its membership in the Railway Express Agency, citing large losses.* January 3 – Washington, D.C., ends suburban and overhead trolley car operations.... |
1961 1961 in rail transport - January events :* January 4 - Lokomotivbau Elektrotechnische Werke delivers the first electric locomotives built in the German Democratic Republic to Deutsche Reichsbahn.... |
1962 1962 in rail transport -January events:* January 8 – The Harmelen train disaster, the worst railway accident in the history of the Netherlands, occurs when one passenger train driver misses a warning signal and passes a red signal to collide nearly head-on with another passenger train... |
1963 1963 in rail transport - January events :* January 21 - The Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad ceases all operation.* January 26 - The last passenger train on Canadian Pacific Railway between Ottawa and Maniwaki, Quebec, departs using CP RDCs 9105 and 9023.- May events :... |
1964 1964 in rail transport -April events:* April 6 - Freight transportation on Alaska Railroad between Fairbanks and Anchorage resumes after repairs from an earthquake that occurred on March 27.... |
1965 1965 in rail transport -January events:* January - British Railways adopts a new corporate identity including the name British Rail and the 'double arrow' symbol.* January 3 - Boston and Maine Railroad ends passenger service to Portland, Maine... |
1966 1966 in rail transport -January events:* January - GM introduces the EMD SD40.* January - GE introduces the GE U28B.* January 3 - British Rail begins full electric passenger services over the West Coast Main Line from Euston to Manchester and Liverpool with 100 mph operation from London to Rugby... |
1967 1967 in rail transport -January events:* January - General Electric introduces the GE U30C.-February events:* February 21 - Retiral of last shunting horse to work on British Rail, "Charlie" at Newmarket.... |
1968 1968 in rail transport -January events:* January 6 - The Hixon rail crash occurs when a low-loader road transporter is struck by an express train on an automatic half-barrier level crossing at Hixon, Staffordshire, England. 11 people are killed... |
1969 1969 in rail transport -January events:* January – The PATCO Hi-Speedline, in southeastern Pennsylvania, opens.* January 5 – Last trains over the Waverley Route from Edinburgh in Scotland to Carlisle in England.- February events :... |
Cat:1960s |
| 1970 1970 in rail transport -January Events:* January 5 and 6– The Erie Lackawanna's trains Nos. 5 and 6, The Lake Cities, from Hoboken to Chicago, discontinued ending all of the Lackawanna's long distance passenger service .- February events :... |
1971 1971 in rail transport - February events :* February 9 - A Zurich-bound TEE train derails at Aitrang, Germany, due to excess speed and is hit by a railbus. 28 die and 42 are injured.- March events :... |
1972 1972 in rail transport -January events:* January - General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD SD40-2.-February events:* February 5 - Last steam locomotive built in India, Class YG #3573 at Chittaranjan Locomotive Works.-March events:... |
1973 1973 in rail transport - January events:* January 27 – MBTA purchases several rail lines in New England from Penn Central to form the basis of the new commuter system's network.- February events :... |
1974 1974 in rail transport - March events :* March 17 - A freight train on Canadian Pacific Railway is derailed when it hits a rock slide near Spences Bridge, British Columbia; the accident leads to the installation of ditch lights on all Canadian diesel locomotives, a practice later copied by American railroads.- May events... |
1975 1975 in rail transport -February events:* February 22 - Tretten train disaster was a head on collision near Tretten station in Norway, it killed 27 people.* February 28 - Moorgate tube crash on the London Underground, in which a train accelerates into a dead-end tunnel at Moorgate station killing 43 people at the... |
1976 1976 in rail transport - March events :* March 27 - The first section, 4.6 miles , of the Washington Metro, the elevated, ground, and subway system in Washington, D.C., opens.... |
1977 1977 in rail transport -January events:* January 10 – Passenger service on Boston and Maine Railroad's Lexington Branch ends when a train consisting of a Budd Rail Diesel Car and a switcher locomotive are stranded by a snowstorm at the Bedford, Massachusetts depot.... |
1978 1978 in rail transport -February events:* February 22 - The Waverly tank car explosion was an explosion that occurred in Waverly, Tennessee following a train derailment incident days earlier... |
1979 1979 in rail transport -January events:* January - An electrical fire erupts aboard a Bay Area Rapid Transit train traveling in the transbay tube; the fire kills one firefighter and closes the system for more than two months.- February events :... |
Cat:1970s |
| 1980 1980 in rail transport -January events:* January 7 – The Dunmurry train explosion took place on board a Ballymena to Belfast passenger train service, when a Provisional Irish Republican Army incendiary bomb exploded prematurely, killing three people.... |
1981 1981 in rail transport -February events:* February - Amtrak debuts the Desert Wind passenger train between Los Angeles, California, and Ogden, Utah.* February 21 - MBTA discontinues passenger train service to Rhode Island.-May events:... |
1982 1982 in rail transport - January events :* January 13 The 1982 Washington Metro train derailment involved an Orange Line train in Downtown Washington, D.C. in the United States and killed three people.* January 27 The Bouhalouane train crash in Algeria killed 131 people.- March events :... |
1983 1983 in rail transport -January events:* January 1 - China Railway opens Zhicheng–Liuzhou railway, in length with 396 tunnels totalling and 476 bridges totalling .* January 2 - The first section of the Caracas Metro is opened, first rapid transit system in Venezuela.... |
1984 1984 in rail transport -April events:* 9 April - Saltaire station is reopened in West Yorkshire, England, by the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive nearly twenty years after it was closed by British Railways.... |
1985 1985 in rail transport - January events :* January 5 - At ceremonies held in Nenana and Seward, Alaska, ownership of the Alaska Railroad is officially transferred to the U.S... |
1986 1986 in rail transport -January events:* January 1 – The Soo Line Railroad fully absorbs the Milwaukee Road after attempting to operate it as a subsidiary railroad.* January 3 – Vancouver's SkyTrain begins operations between the waterfront and New Westminster.... |
1987 1987 in rail transport -January events:* January 4 – Maryland train collision – Amtrak and Conrail trains collide in Maryland, killing 16 people.-February events:* February 2 - The Irish national transport operator Córas Iompair Éireann is split up into subsidiaries, with Iarnród Éireann taking responsibility for the... |
1988 1988 in rail transport - February events :* February 1 - MBTA restores passenger train service to Rhode Island, but only during peak rush-hour times.* February 29 - Illinois Central Gulf Railroad drops the word "Gulf" from its name, returning to the premerger Illinois Central Railroad company name.- March events :* March... |
1989 1989 in rail transport -January events:* January 1 - Three railways in Norway are closed: Kragerøbanen, Numedalsbanen and Valdresbanen.-March events:* March 1 - The Abbeville-Grimes Railway begins operations between its namesake cities in Alabama.* March 4 - The Purley station rail crash in Croydon, near London, leaves... |
Cat:1980s |
| 1990 1990 in rail transport - January events :* January 4 - Sukkur rail disaster in Pakistan kills 307 people* January 15 - Via Rail discontinues Super Continental service and shifts The Canadian from its Canadian Pacific Railway to a Canadian National Railway route between Toronto and Vancouver, ending service to many cities... |
1991 1991 in rail transport - January events :* January 8 - Cannon Street station rail crash at Cannon Street station in London kills two.- May events :May 14 - The Shigaraki train disaster occurred in Shigaraki , Shiga Prefecture, Japan... |
1992 1992 in rail transport -March Events:*March 3 - The Podsosenka train disaster near Nelidovo, Tver Oblast in Russia kills 43.-April events:* April 3 - The Goderich Exeter Railway begins operations in Ontario, Canada.... |
1993 1993 in rail transport -February events:* February 1 - The metre gauge Harz Narrow Gauge Railways in the former East Germany are moved from federal control to the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen GmbH.... |
1994 1994 in rail transport -January events:* January 1 - Rail Management Corporation takes over operations of the Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railroad.* January 1 - Railroad Services, Inc... |
1995 1995 in rail transport -January events:* January - David L. Gunn becomes commissioner of the Toronto Transit Commission.* January - Burlington Northern Railroad tests new Trough Train articulated coal hopper cars.-February events:... |
1996 1996 in rail transport -January events:* January 6 - A computer-controlled Washington Metro train overruns the platform at the Shady Grove station, colliding with a parked train and fatally injuring the operator.-February events:... |
1997 1997 in rail transport -January events:* 5 January – Further British train operating companies begin operation of their passenger service franchises as part of the privatisation of British Rail: Anglia Railways ; Great Eastern ; Virgin CrossCountry; and WAGN .* 6 January – Full freight and passenger service is restored... |
1998 1998 in rail transport -February events:* February 14 – Yaounde train explosion – A freight train passing through Yaounde, Cameroon, collides with another freight; some tank cars carrying fuel oil are ruptured in the derailment... |
1999 1999 in rail transport -January events:* January 15 – The Harbour Island People Mover ends service between Downtown Tampa and Harbour Island in Tampa, Florida, United States.... |
Cat:1990s |
2000
| 2000 2000 in rail transport -January events:* January 4 – The Åsta accident, a northbound BM92 multiple unit and a southbound passenger train headed by a Di 3 locomotive collided on Norway's Rørosbanen line near Åsta station, killing 19 people.... |
2001 2001 in rail transport -January events:* January 17 – Groundbreaking ceremonies are held for the Hiawatha Line in Minneapolis, Minnesota.* January 27 – The Gerogery level crossing accident occurred in Gerogery, New South Wales, Australia and killed five people in a car.... |
2002 2002 in rail transport -January events:* January – The Muskingum Electric Railroad, one of only six heavy freight electric railroads in the United States, closes.* January 2 – The Iowa Interstate Railroad operates its first unit coal train over the former Milwaukee Road mainline through Amana, Iowa.* January 14 – The... |
2003 2003 in rail transport -January events:* January – Electrification of the Trans-Siberian Railway, a project begun in 1929, is completed.* January 1 – E. Hunter Harrison, former president of Illinois Central Railroad , succeeds Paul Tellier as president of Canadian National Railway.* January 3 – Ghatnandur train crash: A... |
2004 2004 in rail transport -January events:* January 1 – METRORail light rail service in Houston, Texas, opens.-February events:* February – Pacific National takes over Australian Transport Network.... |
2005 2005 in rail transport - January events : January 6 – Graniteville train disaster – A Norfolk Southern train carrying a few carloads of hazardous materials collides with a parked train in Graniteville, South Carolina, causing the deaths of 9 people and the injury of over 250 more... |
2006 2006 in rail transport - January events : January 5 – Railway workers across India begin voting on whether or not to hold a strike against Indian Railways in February. The union's demands center around pay scales, pensions, and private investment into the railway... |
2007 2007 in rail transport - January events : January 5 – The first public trains of Taiwan High Speed Rail operate between Taipei and Kaohsiung, a journey, in 90 minutes. January 7 – A Washington Metro train derails near downtown Washington, D.C., sending 16 people to the hospital and prompting the rescue of 60 people... |
2008 2008 in rail transport - February events :* February 27** – Official opening of Santo Domingo Metro.** – National Express Group changes the name of the railway operating company one to National Express East Anglia as part of a company-wide rebranding exercise.... |
2009 2009 in rail transport - January events : January 12 – Official opening of Docklands Light Railway London City Airport branch extension under the River Thames to Woolwich Arsenal... |
Cat:2000s |
| 2010 2010 in rail transport - April events : April 12 – The Merano train derailment happens when a train derails between Latsch and Kastelbell, near Merano, Italy, after running into a landslide, causing nine deaths and injuring 28. April 17 – The Circle MRT Line Stage 1 and 2 were to be ready for service using... |
2011 2011 in rail transport - January events :* 10 January – Regular through passenger service from Wuhan to Wanzhou over the complete new Yiwan Railway in China starts... |
2012 2012 in rail transport - Events : 14 January – Construction is expected to be completed on the Marina Bay Extension of the Circle MRT Line. 31 January – First Group/Keolis' First TransPennine Express franchise, First TransPennine Express, expires 4 February – National Express's East Anglia franchise expires 31 March –... |
2013 2013 in rail transport - January events : January – Virgin Trains' Intercity West Coast franchise expires.- May events : 26 May – National Express Group's LTS Rail franchise, c2c expires.... |
2014 2014 in rail transport - November events :* November – First Group's ScotRail franchise, First ScotRail, expires.-Unknown date events: – Phase I of III of New York City's Second Avenue Subway is expected to be completed. – Marina South MRT Station of the Marina Bay extension is expected to be completed... |
2015 2015 in rail transport - Unknown date events : - Singapore Downtown MRT Line Phase 2 scheduled to open. - North South MRT Line 1 km extension scheduled to open. - East West MRT Line 14 km extension scheduled to open. - The Basque Y is scheduled to be finished by 2013-2015. - New City Link tracks project in... |
2016 2016 in rail transport - Unknown date events : – The double-track high-speed section from Larvik to Porsgrunn on the Vestfold Line, including the Grenland Tunnel, is expected to open. – Earliest expected date for completion of construction on the "Metro North" phase of the Dublin Metro system. Metro North is the key... |
2017 2017 in rail transport - Unknown date events : – Downtown MRT Line Phrase 3 scheduled to open. – Completion of London Crossrail scheme. – Completion of Gotthard Base Tunnel.... |
2018 2018 in rail transport - Unknown date events : – The Thameslink upgrade project in London is expected to be completed. – Thomson MRT Line scheduled to open. – The Center City Corridor of the LYNX transportation network in Charlotte, North Carolina, is expected to open. – The City Circle Line of... |
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