July 18 in rail transport
- July 18 in rail transport
Events
19th century
* 1872 – The Coleford Railway is chartered to build a railroad between Wyesham and Coleford, England.
* 1892 – The Pine Bluff, Monroe and New Orleans Railroad is reorganized as the Pine Bluff and Eastern Railroad (a Cotton Belt predecessor).
20th century
* 1910 – A passenger train travelling through dense fog hits a stationary locomotive in Richmond, Victoria, Australia, killing nine people on the moving train.
* 1995 – Indian Railways orders its first WDG-2 locomotive.
* 1998 – French SNCF signs its first codeshare agreement with United Airlines to permit air travellers to continue their trip in a TGV.
21st century
* 2005 – Officials for New York state and New York City announce that they have selected the contractors to build a new structure for the existing Penn Station; the new station building, budgeted at $818 million, will be named "Daniel Patrick Moynihan Station" in honor of the late senator who worked to make the idea a reality. [cite web| author=Colford, Paul D.| work=New York City Daily News| date=July 19 2005| url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/329448p-281556c.html| title=New Penn Station no longer dream| accessmonthday=July 20 | accessyear=2005| ] [cite web| work=Trains NewsWire| date=July 19 2005| url=http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/006/046slnhe.asp| title=New York Penn Station design moves forward| accessmonthday=July 20 | accessyear=2005| ]
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