1895 in rail transport

Events

February events

* February 1 - The Kyoto Electric Railway, Japan's first electric tramway, begins operation in Kyoto.

May events

* May 6 - The Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway begins operation in Chicago as the first electrically operated rapid transit system in the U.S. between downtown Chicago and Damen and Milwaukee Avenues. On May 25, it was completed to Logan Square. This route will eventually become the O'Hare branch of the Blue Line.

June events

* June 27 - The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway in England is chartered by an act of Parliament.
* June 28 - The New Haven and Hartford Railroad begins the first regular passenger service in the United States powered by electricity.

July events

* July 8 - The Delagoa Bay Railway, in South Africa, opens.

eptember events

* September 7 - The Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Indian River Railway Company changes its name to Florida East Coast Railway.

October events

* October 22 - Gare Montparnasse, Paris, France: express train overran buffer stop and crossed more than 30 metres of concourse before plummeting through a window.

November events

* November 4 - Nippon Railway begins operations on the Tsuchiura Line between Tsuchiura and Tomobe.

Births

Deaths

October deaths

* October 8 - William Mahone, American civil engineer and Confederate Army Major General who built the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad, a predecessor of the Norfolk and Western (b. 1826).

References

* " [http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1895/july_8_1895_65351.html Brainy History - July 8, 1895, in history] ". Retrieved July 7 2005.
* Railwaystation.com, " [http://www.railwaystation.com/rr_history.html Railroad History] ". Retrieved June 28 2005.