1834 in rail transport

Years in rail transport

1833 in rail transport 1834 in rail transport 1835 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1834.

Events

Dublin and Kingstown Railway

January events

• January 30 - Construction on the first railroad in Kentucky, linking Lexington and Frankfort, is completed.

February events

• February 25 - The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad is formed to connect cities in Virginia.

March events

• March 25 - The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway in England offers season tickets from this date.^[1]

April events

• April 14 - The Long Island Rail Road is incorporated in New York.

December events

• December 17 - The Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway in Ireland, opens between Westland Row, Dublin (now Dublin Pearse railway station) and Kingstown (now Dún Laoghaire), on the standard gauge.^[2]

Unknown date events

• The Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad is chartered in Wilmington, North Carolina, and begins construction.^[3]
• The Castleton and West Stockbridge Railroad is chartered to build a railroad between Albany, New York, and the Massachusetts state line.

Births

April births

• April 1 - Jim Fisk, American financier who worked with Daniel Drew for control of the Erie Railroad (d. 1872).
• April 23 - Chauncey Depew, president of New York Central Railroad (d. 1928).

References

• Association of American Railroads (January 2005), This Month in Railroad History - January. Retrieved May 23, 2005.

1. Kentish Gazette.
2. Murray, K. A. (1981). Ireland's First Railway. Dublin: Irish Railway Record Society. ISBN 0-904078-07-8.
3. "Railroad — Wilmington & Raleigh (later Weldon)". North Carolina Business History. 2006. Retrieved 2011-12-02.