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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on September 15.
Events
[edit]19th century
[edit]- 1830 – The Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the world's first purpose built passenger railway operated by steam locomotives, opens in England from Liverpool Road, Manchester, to Edge Hill.
- 1831 – The John Bull, the oldest surviving operable steam locomotive in the world, is operated for the first time on the Camden and Amboy Railroad.
- 1873 – Freight services at Shimbashi Station in Tokyo, Japan, are introduced.[1]
- 1896 – William Crush, then president of Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, stages a head-on collision between two steam locomotives as a publicity stunt north of Waco, Texas; the event has come to be known as the "Crash at Crush".
20th century
[edit]- 1916 – The 18th Avenue station on New York City Subway's BMT West End Line opens.
- 1936 – Sangū Express Electric Railway (Sankyū) acquires Ise Railway (Iseden) and all of its lines in Japan.
- 1981 – The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when it is run under its own power by the Smithsonian Institution.
21st century
[edit]- 2013 – Xi'an Metro Line 1 opens in China.[2]
Births
[edit]- 1843 – William Whyte, vice president of Canadian Pacific Railway 1910–1911, is born (d. 1914).
Deaths
[edit]- 1859 – Isambard Kingdom Brunel, founder of Great Western Railway, dies (b. 1806).
References
[edit]- ^ Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 41. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ "西安地铁一号线15日正式通车试运营". 14 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.