1895 in rail transport

Events

February events

  • February 1 The Kyoto Electric Railway, Japan's first electric tramway, begins operation from the centre of Kyoto to Fushimi.[1]

May events

June events

July events

August events

September events

October events

Going too far at Gare Montparnasse, Paris.

November events

Unknown date events

Deaths

April deaths

  • April 23 Francis Thompson, English architect working chiefly on railways (b. 1808).

October deaths

References

  1. "With "Ting-ting" Going as the Starting Signal, the First Streetcar Started to Run in 1895". Kyoto City Web. 2004. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
  2. "New "L" Road Opens". Chicago Daily Tribune. May 7, 1895. p. 12.
  3. "Cermak Road Bridge District" (PDF). City of Chicago. 2003. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 31, 2012. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
  4. "Railroad History". Railwaystation.com. Retrieved June 28, 2005.
  5. "July 8, 1895, in history". Brainy History. Retrieved July 7, 2005.
  6. "Humboldt Park branch". Chicago "L".org. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  7. Ferneyhough, Frank (1975). The History of Railways in Britain. Reading: Osprey. ISBN 0-85045-060-8.
  8. Balkwill, Richard; Marshall, John (1993). The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats (6th ed.). Enfield: Guinness Publishing. ISBN 0-85112-707-X.
  9. Jones, Robert C.; Register, David L. (1987). Two Feet to Tidewater. Pruett Publishing. p. 46. ISBN 0-87108-729-4.
  10. Walker, Jim (2006). Images of Rail: Pacific Electric Red Cars. Arcadia Publishing. p. 9. ISBN 0-7385-4688-7.
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