Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/August 1

1836 – The Utica and Schenectady Railroad, a predecessor of the New York Central Railroad in New York, opens.
1999 – Two trains carrying 2,500 people collide at the remote station of Gaisal, 310 miles from the city of Gauhati in West Bengal, India, killing more than 285 people. See: Gauhati rail disaster.
2002 – Deutsche Bahn opens the high-speed line between Frankfurt and Cologne, Germany.
2004 – Iowa Interstate Railroad takes over operations of a daily freight train from Iowa City, Iowa, to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, from the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway.

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