Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/August 9

1805 – Joseph Locke (pictured), English civil engineer who became Chief Engineer on the Grand Junction Railway, is born (d. 1860).
1844 – In the United Kingdom, the Railway Regulation Act of 1844 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; these trains soon become known as Parliamentaries.
1958 – The Moccasin, the longest running named passenger train in Canada thus far, is discontinued.
2003 – Indian Railways begins passenger train service between Hyderabad and Secunderabad with 13 trains between Lingampally and Hyderabad, and 11 between Lingampally and Secunderabad. Also see Hyderabad MMTS

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