1844 in rail transport

1844 in rail transport

Events

February events

* February 7 - The South Eastern Railway (UK) is officially opened throughout from London to Dover. [cite book|author=Gray, Adrian|title=South Eastern Railway|date=1990|publisher=Middleton Press|location=Midhurst|isbn=0-906520-85-1]

March events

* March 29 - Atmospheric railway opened between Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire) and Dalkey in Ireland. [cite book|last=Hadfield|first=Charles|title=Atmospheric Railways|date=1967|publisher=David & Charles|location=Newton Abbot|isbn=0-7153-4107-3]

June events

* June 15 - Opening of first railway in Switzerland, from Basel to St Ludwig (now Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin) in France (6.4 km). [cite book|author=Marshall, John|title=The Guinness Railway Book|date=1989|publisher=Guinness|location=Enfield|isbn=0-85112-359-7]

August events

* August 9 - In the United Kingdom, the Railway Regulation Act 1844 (officially: "An Act to attach certain Conditions to the Construction of future Railways") requires every railway company to run at least one passenger train a day in both directions along the length of each of its lines, calling at every station. The maximum fare for journeys by these trains (soon to become known as "Parliamentaries") is fixed at one penny per mile (1.6 km), and it is a further requirement of the Act that the carriages used on these trains be provided with seats and afford passengers protection from the weather.

October events

* October - Eleazer Lord succeeds Horatio Allen for a third term as president of the Erie Railroad. [cite web|url=http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html|title=Erie Railroad presidents|accessdate=2005-03-15]

Births

March births

* March 6 - Frederick J. Kimball, American civil engineer who was instrumental in the formation of Norfolk and Western (d. 1903).

June births

* June 21 - Ernest F. Cambier, Belgian colonial pioneer who established the first Congo railway (d. 1909). [cite web|url=http://www.rbonnell.com/pages/june21.html|title=Etcetera - Today in History - June 21|accessdate=2005-07-19]

October births

* October 21 - Albert Alonzo Robinson, vice president and general manager of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, is born (d. 1918).

Deaths

References


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