1894, 1895, 1896

Years in rail transport

1894 in rail transport 1895 in rail transport 1896 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1895.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 February events 1.2 May events 1.3 June events 1.4 July events 1.5 August events 1.6 September events 1.7 October events 1.8 November events 1.9 Unknown date events 2 Births 3 Deaths 3.1 October deaths 4 References

[edit] Events

[edit] February events

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

[edit] May events

• May 6 – The Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad begins operation in Chicago as the first electrically operated rapid transit system in the U.S. between Canal & Jackson Streets in downtown Chicago and Damen & Milwaukee Avenues. The road initially used 55 wooden motor coaches built by the Barney and Smith Car Company of Dayton, Ohio and 100 wooden trailer coaches built by the Pullman Car Company from Chicago, Illinois. On May 25, it was completed to Logan Square. This route will eventually become the O'Hare branch of the Blue Line.

[edit] June events

• June 17 – The Garfield Park branch of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad in Chicago began service between Marshfield Avenue junction and Cicero (48th) Avenue. This route will subsequently be replaced in 1958 by the high-speed Congress branch of today's Blue Line along the Eisenhower Expressway.
• 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.^[1]

[edit] July events

• July 8 – The Delagoa Bay Railway, in South Africa, opens.^[2]

[edit] August events

• August 4 – Baltimore and Ohio Railroad introduces electric locomotives over 3.75 mi (6 km) of line near Camden, Baltimore, initially using an overhead electric slot system.^[3]
• August 28 – The Douglas Park branch of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad in Chicago began service between Marshfield Avenue junction and 18th Street. It will be subsequently extended southwest and reach suburban Cicero by 1907 and Berwyn in 1924. It will also become part of the Blue Line, and more recently, the Pink Line.

[edit] September events

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

[edit] October events

• October 22 – Gare Montparnasse, Paris, France: express train overran buffer stop and crossed more than 30 metres (98 ft) of concourse before plummeting through a window.

[edit] November events

• November 4 – Nippon Railway begins operations on the Tsuchiura Line between Tsuchiura and Tomobe.

[edit] Unknown date events

• The Pasadena and Los Angeles Electric Railway, the first interurban service in the Los Angeles area, opens.^[4]
• The Pasadena and Pacific Railroad begins construction on an interurban line between Pasadena and Santa Monica, California.^[4]

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

[edit] 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).

[edit] References