1931 in rail transport

Events

January events

March events

May events

June events

  • June 10 – The German rail zeppelin (Schienenzeppelin), an experimental propeller driven railcar, sets up a new world railway speed record of 230 km/h on its way from Hamburg to Berlin which was not surpassed by any other train for 24 years.
  • June 13 – Switzerland's Brienz Rothorn Bahn mountain railway reopens after a 17-year stoppage due to World War I.

July events

August events

September events

November events

Unknown date events

Births

Unknown date births

Deaths

January deaths

  • January 13 – Kálmán Kandó, Hungarian engineer who designed the world's first AC traction electric railway in Italy in 1902 (born 1869).

References

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  2. Johnson, Ron (1985). The Best of Maine Railroads. Portland Litho. p. 111.
  3. Patterson, Edward M. (1969). The County Donegal Railways. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4376-9.
  4. Lawrence, David (2008). Bright Underground spaces: the London Tube station architecture of Charles Holden. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. ISBN 978-1-85414-320-4.
  5. "Ajalugu" (in Estonian). Eesti Raudtee. Archived from the original on September 23, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
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