October 1 in rail transport

Events

19th century

* 1872 – The Denver, South Park and Pacific Railway is incorporated.
* 1872 – The first meeting of the Time Table Conventions, an organization that later became the American Railway Association, is held in Louisville, Kentucky. [cite book| title=Dictionary of American History| author=James Truslow Adams| location=New York| publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons| year=1940| ]
* 1880 – The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, building southwestward from Kansas, reaches San Marcial, New Mexico. [Santa Fe Railroad (1945), "Along Your Way", Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.]

20th century

* 1907 – The Empire of Japan completes the nationalization of nationwide 17 private railroads.
* 1910 – The Great Western Railway, in England, abolishes second-class rail fares (first- and third-class remain).
* 1911 – Hudson and Manhattan Railroad trains make their first station stops at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Manhattan Transfer station in New York City.
* 1911 – Nigel Gresley (later Sir Nigel Gresley) becomes Locomotive Engineer, Great Northern Railway.
* 1915 – Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway introduces the "Navajo" passenger train in San Francisco-Los Angeles-Chicago service as a replacement for the "Tourist Flyer".
* 1941 – After a bankruptcy, Spokane International Railway is reorganized as Spokane International Railroad.
* 1958 – Northern Ireland's Ulster Transport Authority and the Republic of Ireland's Córas Iompair Éireann take over from the Great Northern Railway Board in running the remaining cross-border route (Dublin-Belfast) of the Irish railway system. The GNR assets are split between the two state companies.
* 1996 – The Norwegian Railway Inspectorate is created.

21st century

* 2003 – M>Train (Melbourne, Australia) withdraws its fleet of Siemens trains for the second time.

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