August 1 in rail transport
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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on August 1.
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[edit] 19th century
- 1836 – The Utica and Schenectady Railroad, a predecessor of the New York Central Railroad in New York, opens.
[edit] 20th century
- 1908 – New York City Subway's IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line extension from Marble Hill-225th Street to Van Cortlandt Park-242nd Street station opens.
- 1913 – The Alton and Southern Railroad is formed through the merger of the Alton and Southern Railroad Company, the Denverside Connecting Railroad and the Alton and Southern Railway.
- 1915 – Estación Retiro in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 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.
[edit] 21st century
- 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.
